Cognitive Fun -- Improve Fluid Intelligence


	Cognitive Fun -- Improve Fluid Intelligence

rj3sp

5-17-2008 4:47 PM

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Some examples of a computer based brain-training method designed to improve working memory, which as has been reported recently by a Swiss-American team, also increases scores in "fluid intelligence", or general problem-solving ability.

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