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Mar 2, 2015 · 2 March 2015. Thinkstock. By William Kremer. BBC World Service. IQ is rising in many parts of the world. What's behind the change and does it really mean people are cleverer than their...
Jul 18, 2018 · human intelligence. Our search for genes associated with brainpower is starting to bear fruit, but isn’t the whole story. Your IQ is influenced by many subtle factors.
Jun 4, 2013 · While IQ scores are rising at a remarkable rate, humans' underlying genetic potential for smarts could be on the decline, a new study suggests. The research found that by one measure of ...
- Brains Like Computers
- Information Processing: Synergy vs Redundancy
- Our Primate Ancestors
- Promising Insights in Neuroscience
Current theoretical models describe the brain as a distributed information processing system. This means, in a similar way to a computer, the brain is made of distinct components which are wired together in a tight network of neurons and synapses. Different brain components have different roles or functions. For example, there are areas that are sp...
In the study, the team introduce two key methods of information-processing: redundancy and synergy. Redundant processing is related to interactions that keep multiple copies of the same information in different places. This was found to be common for sensory and motor regions of the brain, where having multiple redundant copies of the same importan...
In comparison to monkeys such as Macaques, the human brain seems to exhibit significantly higher levels of synergy. According to Dr Rosas: “Synergistic relationships are structured in a highly efficient network, which may enable secondary routes of information processing that are not so developed in other primates.” “Therefore, from this study, we ...
Dr Rosas said: “The framework we developed holds the promise of critical new insights into a wide array of neuroscientific questions, from those about general cognition to its disfunctions. Future studies will show, for example, if these new biomarkers of information processing modalities may be helpful in the diagnosis of neurological or psychiatr...
Apr 21, 2016 · Genetics: what it is that makes you clever – and why it’s shrouded in controversy. Published: April 21, 2016 1:13am EDT. X (Twitter) For nearly 150 years, the concept of intelligence and its...
Jun 3, 2017 · Research has shown that it’s highly correlated with IQ. Yet, according to a 2006 study, American’s vocabulary has been in swift decline since its peak, in the 1940’s. There is some ...
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Apr 30, 2021 · We review the theoretical foundation for the need for human factors science. Over the past 2.8 million years, humans and tools have co-evolved. However, in the last century, technology is introduced at a rate that exceeds human evolution.
