Train the mind, increases intelligence

This conclusion Swiss researcher Susan Jaeggi and Martin Bushkyul. Psychologists treat intelligence as a universal psychic ability on a genetically determined property of the nervous system, based around information at a certain speed and precision processing. A person can acquire the knowledge and develop the skills, but assimilate the speed and the ability to make the best use, that is, the intellect, according to most scientists, are inherited. According to the report of the National Science Foundation, USA, researchers looked at the University of Michigan (USA), found the dependence of the intellectual abilities of the store and that one of the components of the IQ can be improved by training. Crystallized and flexible - most IQ tests are based on the measurement of the two kinds of intelligence-based. These concepts were introduced in psychology in 1971 by Raymond Cattell. Fluid intelligence is the ability to find solutions to new and unexpected problems while crystallized - the ability to use existing knowledge and experiences. Swiss psychologist study found that flexible intellect are trained. Scientists have gathered four groups of volunteers and trained their short-term memory with the help of special exercises. Group of subjects for a half hour a day for 8, 12, 17 and 19 days practicing. For each of these periods, researchers tested the change in fluid intelligence of the participants. The longer the participants trained in short-term memory grew, the greater their performance in the test for flexible intelligence. These results are important because the increase in fluid intelligence also leads to increased levels of general intelligence, as measured in IQ tests. Scientists believe that the practice of short-term memory can shape children with developmental delays and the elderly, who are faced with the problem of mental retardation help,