Here is what I am reading today: IQ and what it measures “Kids who score higher on IQ tests will, on average, go on to do better in conventional measures of success in life: academic achievement, economic success, even greater health, and longevity. Is that because they are more intelligent? Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: predicting a panic in the crowd “Recent crowd disasters, such as those seen in 2006 during the annual pilgrimage to Mecca and in 2010 at the Love Parade in Duisburg, have underlined the need to better understand what determines the collective behavior of Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: childhood music lessons and brain functioning “Those childhood music lessons could pay off decades later – even for those who no longer play an instrument – by keeping the mind sharper as people age, according to a preliminary study published by the American Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: why we feel ’embarrassed” “Recording people belting out an old Motown tune and then asking them to listen to their own singing without the accompanying music seems like an unusually cruel form of punishment. But for a team of scientists at the University Read more…
Here are a few readings for today: how to speed up learning “In a breakthrough that may aid treatment of learning impairments, strokes, tinnitus and chronic pain, UT Dallas researchers have found that brain nerve stimulation accelerates learning in laboratory tests.” I feel your pain “Today, there is increasing exposure Read more…