Posts Tagged ‘intelligence’
Some People Never Have Sex—Here’s Why
“Sex is like money; only too much is enough.” –John Updike. That may be true generally, but not everyone is wealthy, and some people never have sex. One percent of the adult population has never had any form of sexual experience. A new study finds that a reason for this is not in their jeans—it is…
Read MoreBrainwaves Reveal IQ
What intelligence is and how to measure it are thorny questions. If the brain’s information processing power could be measured directly with medical instruments, then the problematic assumptions, cultural biases, and pitfalls of IQ tests could be avoided. Moreover, direct measurement of the brain’s information processing power could reveal how specific brain circuits boost intelligence…
Read MoreWatching TV Alters Children’s Brain Structure and Lowers IQ
Brain imaging (MRI) shows anatomical changes inside children’s brains after prolonged TV viewing that would lower verbal IQ.
Read MoreBig Brains/Little Brain: Whale Brains Provide Clues to Cognition
Whale brains provide interesting insight into the possible functions of the cerebellum beyond its important role in regulating movement.
Read MoreLucy Movie Review and Neuro Fact Check
The premise for the movie Lucy is that 90% of human cerebral capacity goes unused, but that’s only the start of the neuroscience bloopers in this new film. After becoming an unwilling drug mule Lucy is suddenly able to access the full potential of the human brain when a surgically implanted packet of a new…
Read MoreWhy does a Southern Drawl Sound Uneducated to Some?
Mark Twain’s Classic Huckleberry Finn begins with an explanation to readers: “In this book a number of dialects are used, to wit: the Missouri negro dialect ; the extremest form of the backwoods South-Western dialect ; the ordinary “Pike-Country” dialect ; and four modified varieties of this last… I make this explanation for the reason…
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