Tag: intelligence

Study suggests low-income preschoolers exposed to nurturing care have with higher IQ scores later on

From the University of Maryland School of Medicine press release: Preschoolers living in impoverished communities who have access to a nurturing home environment have significantly higher intelligence quotient (IQ) scores… Read more »

Study suggests memory storage in humans gives us the intellectual edge over animals

From the University of Leicester press release: Neuroscience experts from the University of Leicester have released research that breaks with the past fifty years of neuroscientific opinion, arguing that the… Read more »

Study suggests cognitive intelligence is a whole brain phenomenon

From the National University of Ireland Galway press release: An international collaborative study led by researchers from the NUI Galway provides findings on the neural basis of intelligence, otherwise known… Read more »

Study suggests students do better in school when they can understand, manage emotions

From the American Psychological Association press release: Students who are better able to understand and manage their emotions effectively, a skill known as emotional intelligence, do better at school than… Read more »

Study suggests it is possible to predict a person’s aptitude for cognitive training from brain imaging

From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau press release: People with specific brain attributes are more likely than others to benefit from targeted cognitive interventions designed to enhance… Read more »

Study suggests IQ is a better predictor of adult economic success than math

From the University of Tennessee at Knoxville press release: IQ in childhood is a better indicator of adult wealth than math for very preterm and very low-weight babies, according to… Read more »