Surprising Discovery: How a Gene Mutation Causes Higher Intelligence in Humans
When genes mutate, it can result in severe diseases of the human nervous system. Neuroscientists at Leipzig University and the University of Würzburg have now…
Intelligence
Cognitive Impairment From Severe COVID-19 Equivalent to 20 Years of Aging – Losing 10 IQ Points
Cognitive impairment as a result of severe COVID-19 is similar to that sustained between 50 and 70 years of age and is the equivalent to…
Unraveling the Mystery of Parrots’ Exceptionally Long Lifespans
Bigger brains have led some species of parrot to live surprisingly long lives, new research shows. Parrots are famous for their remarkable cognitive abilities and…
Lead Exposure in Last Century Shrunk IQ Scores of Half of Americans – 824 Million IQ Points Stolen
Leaded gasoline calculated to have stolen more than 800 million cumulative IQ points since the 1940s. In 1923, lead was first added to gasoline…
Women More Likely To Feel Like “Impostors” in Disciplines That Prize Brilliance
New study uncovers obstacle to certain groups’ professional advancement in academia. The more an academic discipline is perceived to require raw talent or “brilliance” for…
Slimy Action at a Distance: Thinking Without a Brain
Studies in brainless slime molds reveal that they use physical cues to decide where to grow. If you didn’t have a brain, could you still…
Ravens May Parallel Adult Great Apes in Cognitive Performance by Four Months of Age
By four months of age the cognitive performance of ravens in experimental tasks testing their understanding of the physical world and how they interact with…
Super-Recognizers Possess an Extraordinary Ability to Memorize and Recall Faces – Test Could Help Us Find the World’s Best
While in Paris in the 1990s, Georgie briefly watched a professional photographer taking pictures of kids playing in a small park near Les Halles and…
Biggest Contributor to IQ Loss No Longer Heavy Metals Like Lead – Here’s What to Watch Out for Now
Flame Retardants and Pesticides Overtake Heavy Metals As Biggest Contributors to IQ Loss Adverse outcomes from childhood exposures to lead and mercury are on the…
According to Science, These Are the Factors That Predict Success
New research from Angela Duckworth of the University of Pennsylvania and colleagues finds that characteristics beyond intelligence influence long-term achievement. People often ask University of…
Study Shows Connection Between Brain Size and Cognitive Performance
Using a larger dataset than all previous studies on the subject combined, researchers found a small but significant connection between brain size and cognitive performance….
Hyenas Might Be As Intelligent As Some Primates
While hyenas have often been depicted as slobbering, dim-witted fools in animated movies, a new study shows that the African carnivores are adept at problem-solving,…
Images of Brain Connectivity Help Predict Intelligence
A newly published study from neuroscientists at the Washington University in St. Louis provides evidence that neural connections between the lateral prefrontal cortex and the…
Smart Pills Will Track Patients from the Inside Out
Proteus Biomedical’s smart pills, which are pills that include embedded microchips, are set to launch this year in the United Kingdom, with the collaboration of…
