Random tidbits from the mind blogosphere 4-27-07

I've started to receive feeds (from Google Alert) from on-line newspaper articles (and some blogs) that include the keywords of "IQ", "intelligence", "brain", and "brain fitness."



As we all know, newspaper reports of scholarly research findings often need to be tempered with a huge degree of skepticism. I've NOT checked out the original sources/articles/research that is the basis of each article or post. I'm simply passing them along "as is".....as a reflection of the pulse of the popular press "buzz" regarding intelligence, IQ testing, brain fitness, etc.   Readers will need to evaluate the content. 

• High IQ doesn't mean wealth.  Additional coverage of this story can be found here, and here.  The press obviously liked this story.
  
  
• Claims of IQ score increases via intensive tutoring of autistic children
• Personal report of improvement in brain functioning via use of Posit Science's Brain Fitness Program over at On the Brain blog (conflict of interest warning...this is a co-founder of the Posit Science Corporation)
• The myth of mirror neurons?
• Females suffer greater brain dysfunction to due alcohol?
• SharpBrains has been mentioned in a number of recent publications.  Check out there news room.
  
  

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