MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'brain intelligence'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:49:49 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096351&cid=t_126159_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F26586270%2F0%2Fneuromarketing%7ESands-Research-Targets-Billion-Brains.htm In 1996, John Keating wrote a book titled Two Billion Armpits: How Experts Sell China What It Really Wants, referring to the size of the consumer goods market in China. Texas-based Sands Research is writing a new chapter that might be titled 1.3 Billion Brains. Most neuromarketing studies have taken place in the US and [...] CommentsGreat to see neuroscience application are going global! by David BrainsGreat post Roger! Thank you. From the 1996 armpit book to ... by Sandra ZorattiRelated StoriesStronger Contracts, Less TrustLicense to MisbehavePrediction Power: Asking Gets Results (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096351 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:34:10 +0100 5096351 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4394399&cid=t_126159_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007851.html Satoshi Kanazawa of the London School of Economics The research found handsome men scored 13.6 points above the average IQ score of 100. And beautiful women were 11.4 points above the norm, according to the London School of Economics. Since I want the future human race to be more beautiful and much smarter it is great to hear that these goals are very compatible. So what's the arrow of causation? I can think of a few candidates. First off, an environment and nutrition that enable healthier fetal and baby development will make bodies more symmetric and symmetry is very attractive. At the same time, healthier developmental conditions will enable the brain to grow better. So IQ and beauty might at... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4394399 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4394399 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4288547&cid=t_126159_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007774.html Chaser is a smart girl. IN THE age-old war between cats and dogs, canines might just have struck the killer blow. A border collie called Chaser has been taught the names of 1022 items - more than any other animal. She can also categorise them according to function and shape, something children learn to do around the age of 3. Of course it would be a Border Collie. I used to know a Border-Aussie (Australian Shepherd) mix who was so bright that he knew 250 words according to his owner. Given what I saw of that dog I found the claim believable. That a Border could know 1022 words and even understand verbs versus nouns and other details of sentence... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4288547 Sat, 25 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4288547 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3935789&cid=t_126159_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F007468.html Blame your bad grades on your dopamine gene variants. The academic performance of adolescents will suffer in at least one of four key subjects –– English, math, science, history –– if their DNA contains one or more of three specific dopamine gene variations, according to a study led by renowned biosocial criminologist Kevin M. Beaver of The Florida State University. The research sheds new light on the genetic components of academic performance during middle and high school, and on the interplay of specific genes and environmental factors such as peer behavior or school conditions. They looked at 2,500 kids enrolled in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health over 14 years to reach this conclusion. Once gene sequencing becomes really... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3935789 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0100 3935789 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298278&cid=t_126159_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F006969.html Your ability to recognize faces comes from your genes. The ability to recognise faces is largely determined by your genes, according to new research at UCL (University College London). Published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists found that identical twins were twice as similar to each other in terms of their ability to recognise faces, compared to non-identical twins. Researchers also found that the genetic effects that allow people to recognise faces are linked to a highly specific mechanism in the brain, unrelated to other brain processes such as the ability to recognise words or abstract art. The researchers used the Cambridge Face Memory Test in this study. You can take the Cambridge Face Memory... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298278 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3298278 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298279&cid=t_126159_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F006968.html Spearman's g-factor comes from a distributed set of brain regions. PASADENA, Calif.—A collaborative team of neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the University of Iowa, the University of Southern California (USC), and the Autonomous University of Madrid have mapped the brain structures that affect general intelligence. The study, to be published the week of February 22 in the early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, adds new insight to a highly controversial question: What is intelligence, and how can we measure it? The research team included Jan Gläscher, first author on the paper and a postdoctoral fellow at Caltech, and Ralph Adolphs, the Bren Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and professor of biology. The... (Source:... FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298279 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 3298279 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1992277&cid=t_126159_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F465275826%2F We all have heard "Use It or Lose It". Now, what is "It"? how does "it" work? why is "it" our best (and too often unrecognized) friend? The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) has just released a user-friendly publication titled Neuroscience Core Concepts, aimed at helping educators and the general public learn more about the brain. Description: "Neuroscience Core Concepts offer fundamental principles that one should know about the brain and nervous system, the most complex living structure known in the universe. They are a practical resource about: - How your brain works and how it is formed. - How it guides you through the changes in life. - Why it is important to increase understanding of the brain." You will enjoy reading the web page ex... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1992277 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:47:54 +0100 1992277 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=957263&cid=t_126159_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F004684.html Evidence suggests that lots of genetic variations that influence intelligence are waiting to be found. Evidence is accumulating that brain structure is under considerable genetic influence [Peper et al., 2007].... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=957263 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0100 957263 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=682827&cid=t_126159_87_f&fid=34902&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurepundit.com%2Farchives%2F004337.html Ever feel like you are at 2 minds about something? June 19, 2007 -- A probe of the upper echelons of the human brain's chain-of-command has found strong evidence that... (Source: FuturePundit) FuturePundit blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=682827 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 682827 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=569186&cid=t_126159_122_f&fid=34736&url=http%3A%2F%2Fchanneln.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fgenius.html title Geniusdescription "For hundreds of years great minds have been arguing over intelligence. But are there different types of intelligence that go beyond IQ? This was an after-show discussion for the BBC Horizon programme Battle of the Brains."producer Dana Centre UK/Science Museumfeaturing Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Bonnie Greer, Vivian Hill, Dick Taylor, facilitated by Anjana Ahujaformat wmvdate 17/04/07length approx. 1 hourlink http://www.danacentre.org.uk/events/2007/04/17/252direct video link mms://ms.groovygecko.net/groovyg/clients/nmsi/dana/horizon/17mar07.wmvTags: webcast brain intelligence (Source: Channel N) Channel N blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=569186 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:13:00 +0100 569186