Here we report the effects of two inter­ac­tive com­put­er­ized train­ing pro­grams devel­oped for preschool chil­dren: one for music and one for visual art. After only 20 days of train­ing, only chil­dren in the music (but not the visual art) group exhib­ited enhanced per­for­mance on a mea­sure of ver­bal intel­li­gence, with 90% of the sam­ple show­ing this... Read More »

Doing well in many exams depends purely on memory. Research has revealed a simple piece of advice for how to better memorize exam material: go for a brisk 10 minute walk before studying the... Read More »

In a six-week study, funded by the BBC, experts found people who played online games designed to improve their cognitive skills didn't get any... Read More »

Jonah Lehrer, a cognitive science journalist and blogger of renown, has just published a column in the Wall Street Journal  on a recent study showing the remarkable effects of training IQ in children – soon to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science journal. This study complements the already established effects... Read More »

Many studies demonstrate that we perceive physically attractive individuals to be more intelligent than those who are not attractive. Brains and beauty are associated in our minds. How are we to understand this... Read More »

A lower IQ is related to more mortality risk. This is well established, even when taking into account health and other social factors such as income and... Read More »

I3 has now been released, and our team are very excited about this IQ increase software. Over a decade of research by cognitive psychologists and psychometricians have gone into its... Read More »

Our desires and impulses can work against our goals and our ability to uphold maturity in our... Read More »

Anger can help us overcome the confirmation bias and be more... Read More »

Occasionally I get asked: The original Susanne Jaeggi study with the dual n-back  training demonstrates very impressive gains on fluid intelligence as a result of the working memory training. And this is the first time that intelligence gains have been shown to result from brain training. So if it’s this historical and significant, why hasn’t the... Read More »