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Motion quotient: IQ predicted by ability to filter motion (w/ video)

A brief visual task can predict IQ, according to a new study. This surprisingly simple exercise measures the brain's unconscious ability to filter out visual movement. The study shows that individuals whose ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created 20 hours ago | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Debunking the IQ myth

(Medical Xpress)—You may be more than a single number, according to a team of Western-led researchers. Considered a standard gauge of intelligence, an intelligence quotient (IQ) score doesn't actually provide ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 07, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (27) | comments 29 | with audio podcast

Child development varies and is hard to predict, study finds

On average, children take the first steps on their own at the age of 12 months. Many parents perceive this event as a decisive turning point. However, the timing is really of no consequence. Children who start walking early ...

Pediatrics created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers map emotional intelligence in the brain

A new study of 152 Vietnam veterans with combat-related brain injuries offers the first detailed map of the brain regions that contribute to emotional intelligence – the ability to process emotional information ...

Neuroscience created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers debunk the IQ myth

After conducting the largest online intelligence study on record, a Western University-led research team has concluded that the notion of measuring one's intelligence quotient or IQ by a singular, standardized test is highly ...

Neuroscience created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (28) | comments 24 | with audio podcast

Emotional intelligence: Fact or fad?

Emotional intelligence is not the cure-all elixir for spotting who will succeed in work and life, but it is more than a useless fad, says Carolyn MacCann.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 14, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Neuroscience just got faster, cheaper and easier

Richard Gershon has a shiny new toolbox for neuroscientists that will revolutionize their clinical research by making it radically faster, cheaper and more accurate. It also will help researchers recruit children and adults ...

Neuroscience created Aug 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Sex and trauma research is less upsetting to college students than previously assumed

Research on sex and trauma faces an ethical dilemma: how can we find out more about the effects of such psychologically sensitive topics without hurting the people who participate in the study?

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Decision-making can and must be learned -- new test measures risk intelligence

(Medical Xpress) -- Tests exist for evaluating personality, intelligence and memory. However, up to now, it was not easily possible to find out how good someone is at making decisions in risky situations.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Discovering Autism: An industry built on hope

In 1987, Ivar Lovaas, a charismatic UCLA psychology professor, published what remains the most famous study on the treatment of autism.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Time estimation ability predicts mathematical intelligence

Being good at estimating time can be a useful skill on its own, but it may also indicate higher mathematical intelligence as well, according to a new study published in the Dec. 7 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Neurologists identify potential biomarker of cognitive decline for earlier diagnosis of disease

Researchers from the Department of Neurology at NYU Langone Medical Center identified for the first time that changes in the tissue located at the junction between the outer and inner layers of the brain, called "blurring", ...

Neuroscience created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The new old age -- today's pensioners are very different to yesterday's

Old people today have more sex, are more likely to be divorced, are cleverer and feel better, reveals a long-term research project comparing what it is like to be old today with 30 years ago. "It's time to start talking about ...

Health created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

IQ can rise or fall significantly during adolescence, brain scans confirm

IQ, the standard measure of intelligence, can increase or fall significantly during our teenage years, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust, and these changes are associated with changes to the ...

Neuroscience created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (15) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Does a bigger brain make for a smarter child in babies born prematurely?

New research suggests the growth rate of the brain's cerebral cortex in babies born prematurely may predict how well they are able to think, speak, plan and pay attention later in childhood. The research is published in the ...

Neuroscience created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast