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Improve Your Brain Power Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

EE Edit@rs · February 13, 2014 · 1 Comment

For those that are trying to figure out a scientifically verified way to improve intelligence and brain function, will be glad to know that several studies rally for the mind-improving benefits of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, known to many as tDCS.  Although the … [Read more...] about Improve Your Brain Power Using Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Filed Under: Brain Health and Functionality, Studies and News Tagged With: cognitive enhancement, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, fluid intelligence, prefrontal cortex, tdcs, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation

Nicotine as a Smart Drug

EE Edit@rs · January 4, 2014 · 2 Comments

Although science has long been on a quest to find a cognitive enhancer in the form of a pill, the movie Limitless seem to pique the interest in cognitive enhancers for everyone else.  In the movie, Bradley Cooper's character is a struggling writer who decides to take a pill, … [Read more...] about Nicotine as a Smart Drug

Filed Under: Nootropics Tagged With: acetylcholine receptor, adhd, dopamine, fluid intelligence, long-term memory, modafinil, nicotine, receptors, working memory

The Difference Between Fluid Intelligence and Crystallized Intelligence

EE Edit@rs · December 18, 2013 · 2 Comments

Intelligence was once thought of as a single concept, until psychologist Raymond Cattell introduced the notions of fluid and crystallized intelligence in his research for the Journal of Psychology.  The two types of intelligences are governed by separate entities within the brain … [Read more...] about The Difference Between Fluid Intelligence and Crystallized Intelligence

Filed Under: Brain Health and Functionality Tagged With: anterior cingulate cortex, attention, cerebral cortex, crystallized intelligence, fluid intelligence, long-term memory, memory, short-term memory, working memory

Five Enduring Myths About The Brain

EE Edit@rs · December 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Even though there is a lot of well documented research into the brain, the general public remains confused as to what is true and false about the brain.  So in an effort to educate, we have listed five enduring myths about the brain that refuse to die. … [Read more...] about Five Enduring Myths About The Brain

Filed Under: Studies and News Tagged With: brain, fluid intelligence, myths, working memory

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