Brain training science for increasing IQ

" Increasing intelligence is possible after all ...with more training leading
to greater gains ...across the spectrum of abilities."
Robert Sternberg, Psychology Professor

Your intelligence: Can it really be improved?

Yes – dramatically. Through training with our brain training download High IQ Pro® your IQ level can increase on any scientifically validated IQ test that measures your fluid intelligence - your ability to reason and problem solve in novel situations.

By how much can your fluid intelligence IQ level increase?

You can increase fluid intelligence by 40% according to the original scientific study. There is a training effect on IQ level for people of all starting intelligence levels. This graph shows the IQ gains in the study. 

How much brain training do you have to do?

20-25 minutes of daily brain training for 19 days. You can have weekends off! You may divide each day's training into a morning and evening session.

Why is this ground breaking scientific news?

The science behind this discovery is historic. In over 40 years of scientific studies, this software is the only known brain training exercise that has been scientifically demonstrated to improve fluid intelligence. And it works regardless of your starting intelligence level.

Professor Robert Sternberg. the world's leading authority on intelligence, has said of this brain training exercise:

“ Almost 40 years ago, Jensen claimed that, when all is said and done, there is not much one can do to raise people’s IQs. Jaeggi and her colleagues have made an important contribution... by showing that intelligence is t rainable  to a significant and meaningful degree."
 

Who are the scientists responsible for the discovery?

The brain training exercise was developed over many years by cognitive psychologists at the University of Bern in Switzerland and the University of Michigan in the States. The team, led by Dr. Susanne Jaeggi, published their results in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in 2008. The article can be found by clicking this icon.

Jaeggi and colleagues fluid intelligence paper

Why does this brain training exercise work? Working memory

The brain training software works by exercising your 'working memory' -a short term memory system used to hold in mind a few items of information for a brief time and process this information in order to reason and solve problems while ignoring distracting information. There are different working memory stores for spatial and verbal information. We use working memory when we reason, plan and problem solve. This graph shows typical increases in working memory capacity (how many items of information you can hold in mind) as a result of daily brain training on IQ Lift's brain training exercise. 

Many scientists now believe that working memory and fluid intelligence are closely related, and that both share the same brain circuitry - the hippocampus and part of the  prefrontal cortex of the brain called the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.

dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: 
a working memory & fluid intelligence center

Why does our recommended free brain training download improve IQ? Because by improving your working memory, you increase the amount of information you can hold in mind and process, and this increases your ability to reason and problem solve and plan - in other words, it improves your fluid intelligence and IQ!

  How to improve IQ and increase intelligence?

Download your increasing brain training software on the 18th Dec!


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Warning:   There are many bogus claims about boosting IQ in the 'brain training' and 'smart drugs' industries that have no genuine scientific basis, even if they come 'highly recommended'. Recommendations can be misleading if they are not supported by facts. In evaluating a claim that some brain training software or brain supplement increases IQ always ask yourself:

  Scientific journal article? 
           Where is the peer reviewed scientific journal article that the research is based on? Where is the reference to the article on the site? If there is only a 'research institute' mentioned, or you see graphical 'data' on the website with no reputable journal that has published it, then don't trust it. It has no real scientific credibility.

  Website author credentials?
           Who is responsible for the content of the website? Is he/she a qualified cognitive psychologist / neuroscientist working at a reputable university? Or simply a business person or an amateur enthusiast? If they are not a scientist, why trust the claims they make? The science is hard to get right, and takes years of training.

  IQ or something else? 
           Does the intervention improve intelligence specifically or something else - like attention? Coffee helps people stay awake because it is a stimulant, but it doesn't improve IQ! There are 'smart pills' and lots of 'brain training' software on the market that improves some cognitive abilities but not intelligence. Fluid intelligence is very hard to change.