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·June 18, 2016·4 min read

How Genes Can Affect Our Educational Choices and Achievement

A new study reports your genes may be responsible for the subjects you choose and educational achievements in higher education.

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·May 23, 2016·4 min read

Did Human Like Intelligence Evolve to Care For Helpless Babies?

According to researchers, human intelligence may have evolved in response to the demands of caring for infants.

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·May 11, 2016·5 min read

Crowd Augmented Cognition: Combining Human and Machine Intelligence to Accelerate Learning

Researchers have designed crowdsourcing frameworks that combine the best qualities of machine learning and human intelligence, in order to allow distributed groups of workers to perform complicated cognitive tasks.

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·April 26, 2016·3 min read

Bird Brained? Ravens Are Just As Smart As Chimps

Despite having much smaller brains, researchers have discovered ravens are just as clever as chimpanzees.

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·March 22, 2016·3 min read

Brain Metabolism Predicts Fluid Intelligence in Young Adults

According to researchers, healthy brain metabolism corresponds with fluid intelligence in young adults.

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·March 14, 2016·3 min read

Environmental Intervention Can Temporarily Raise General Intelligence

A new study reports environmental intervention can help to raise general intelligence in low birth weight children, but only in the short term.

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·March 8, 2016·4 min read

Want to Appear More Intelligent? Get More Sleep

According to a new study, getting more sleep can help individuals appear more intelligent to others.

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·March 5, 2016·3 min read

Some Birds Are Just As Smart As Apes

Researchers report that despite neurobiological differences, the cognitive skills in some groups of birds match those of apes.

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·February 25, 2016·3 min read

Individual Differences in the Brain Shape Mental Abilities

According to researchers, our brains have different traits that affect both anatomical and cognitive factors.

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·February 24, 2016·4 min read

Longer Distance Migratory Birds May Be Smarter

According to a new study, birds that migrate greater distances have more neurons in brain regions associated with spatial orientation and navigation.

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·February 2, 2016·5 min read

Out of Sight Not Always Out of Mind, Especially for Ravens

Researchers report ravens share some human ability to think abstractly about other ravens, and adapt their behavior by attributing their own perceptions to others.