Easily digestible tech news... http://www.techdirt.com/ en-us http://www.techdirt.com/images/td-88x31.gifhttp://www.techdirt.com/ Thu, 1 Dec 2011 17:00:00 PST Michael Ho http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110407/03152113814/dailydirt-train-your-brain.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110407/03152113814/dailydirt-train-your-brain.shtml

Measuring IQ with MRI scans suggests that IQ scores might fluctuate quite a bit. Various mental and physical training tasks can apparently boost IQ scores, and conversely, folks with jobs that don't require much mental exercise seem to lose IQ points over their lifetime. [url]

Targeted electrical pulses into the brains of mice (aka deep brain stimulation) have been shown to improve their spatial learning ability. Actual "thinking caps" might be useful tools someday. [url]

The young brains of frequent video gamers might grow differently than non-gamers' brains. Further studies could help us understand the development of addictive behaviors -- or it could help make really, really awesome video games. [url]

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