Recent Posts in the IQ Category

• Train Your Brain Tuesday! Episode #5 - featuring a retired fighter pilot!

  Apr 28, 2020
  For this week's episode of Train Your Brain Tuesday, Kim Hanson welcomes Jeff, a retired fighter pilot from the U.S. Air Force. Jeff shares his story about what it takes to succeed as a pilot and ...
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• See virtual one-on-one brain training in action!

  Apr 17, 2020
  Curious how virtual one-on-one brain training works? Check out one of our LearningRx students in action—getting personalized brain training from the comfort and safety of her home! https://youtu.be/tJ ...
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• Skip the coffee. Exercise helps working memory just as well.

  Mar 12, 2020
  Do you drink coffee to "wake up" your brain? A first-of-its-kind study has found that just 20 minutes of exercise works just as well coffee to boost working memory. In addition, exercise can help with ...
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• Men and women have EQUAL spatial cognition skills

  Mar 10, 2020
  For nearly 40 years, researchers have claimed that men have an advantage on test of spatial cognition. But new research from the Leo Esports Science Lab in Ireland has found that it's not true. Their ...
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• GPAs stronger predictors of college graduation than ACTs

  Mar 10, 2020
  If you're worried that your teen didn't score that well on the ACTs, you may want to refocus on their GPA. That's because a new study from the University of Chicago has found that GPAs are stronger ...
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• Is reading really better than screen time for preschoolers?

  Feb 27, 2020
  If you've been telling yourself that the jury is still out in terms of the harm of screen time for preschoolers, the jury might have just returned. New studies done by the Reading & Literacy Discovery ...
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• Is brain volume always tried to memory and thinking?

  Feb 20, 2020
  The short answer is "no." A German research tea look at the brains of 330 older adults and found that the size of the hippocampus is only beneficial to people who also have more white-matter circuitry ...
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• Young brains need iron for cognitive development

  Feb 18, 2020
  Research published in the January 27, 2020 edition of JNeurosci indicates that iron levels in the brain tissue rise during development and are linked to cognitive abilities. This research on both ...
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• February 27 is National No-Brainer Day

  Feb 6, 2020
  February 27 is National “No-Brainer” Day, created to celebrate “no-brainers:” concepts and tasks that are simple, easy and obvious to most people. But for people with learning struggles, tasks ...
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• The Biggest Brain Breakthroughs of 2019

  Jan 9, 2020
  Our understanding of the brain increases with each passing year, thanks to advances in technology and medicine. We have new methods to study it, improve it and even fix it, but sometimes the big ...
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