Description
Increasing Intelligence
Authors: Jaušovec Norbert, Pahor Anja
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Keywords
n-back; Abecedarian Project; Ashkenazy; bias blind spot; brain network dynamics; brain plasticity; brain volume; breastfeeding; cognitive enhancement; core training; drugs; ecological sustainability; encephalization quotient; ERD/ERS; ERP; exercise; far transfer; focus of attention; giftedness; happiness; Head Start Program; health; illusory superiority; meditation; mental rotation; motivation to control; Mozart effect; multidemand system; neural efficiency; neural plasticity; neurofeedback; neuroprotection; noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS); nutrition; P-FIT; phylogenesis; physical attractiveness; processing speed; religiosity; sex differences; strategic training; suicidal; transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS); transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS); transcranial electrical stimulation (TES); transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS); transcranial random noise stimulation (tRNS); Venezuelan Intelligence Project; video game; wealth; well-being; white matter integrity; working memory
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The finding that working memory training can increase fluid intelligence triggered a great number of cognitive training studies, the results of which have been fiercely debated among experts. The finding also prompted a surge of commercial versions of these working memory training programs. Increasing Intelligence overviews contemporary approaches and techniques designed to increase general cognitive ability in healthy individuals. The book covers behavioral training and different electrical stimulation methods such as TMS, tDCS, tACS, and tRNS, along with alternative approaches ranging from neurofeedback to cognitive-enhancing drugs. It describes crucial brain features that underlie intelligent behavior and discusses theoretical and technical shortcomings of the reported studies, then goes on to suggest avenues for future research and inquiry.
1. The Mystery of Intelligence2. The Biological Background of Intelligence3. Raising Intelligence by Means of Behavioral Training4. Changing Brain Activity, Increasing Intelligence: Transcranial Electrical and Magnetic Stimulation5. Other Approaches: From Neurofeedback to Cognitive-Enhancing Drugs6. Once Upon a Time We Were on the Moon
Researchers and students in neuroscience, psychology, cognitive sciences
Affiliations and Expertise
University of Maribor, Slovenia; Neuropsychology, Educational Psychology
Anja Pahor obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at The University of Nottingham and a Master of Science degree in Brain and Cognitive Sciences at The University of Amsterdam. Her main research interests involve understanding the neural basis of working memory and intelligence with the help of neuroimaging methods and noninvasive brain stimulation. Professor Norbert Jaušovec is her PhD supervisor at The University of Maribor an
- Summarizes the history of attempts to raise intelligence
- Describes the intelligence construct and the cognitive mechanisms thought to be at the core of intellectual functioning
- Provides an overview of the neurobiological underpinnings of intelligence
- Discusses the efficacy and limitations of behavioral training approaches and brain stimulation methods aiming to increase performance on working memory and intelligence tests
- Examines the effects of neurofeedback, exercise, meditation, nutrition, and drugs on cognitive enhancement
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