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Do we think theyre now smarter for the rest of their lives by just four weeks of training. I went to the san francisco offices of lumosity, the biggest online provider of these cognitive games aimed at improving intelligence. If you want to make yourself smarter in onehouraday, devote 20 minutes of that hour to playing the dualn back game. Smarter book also available for read online, mobi, docx and mobile and kindle reading. Pink, author of drive when he was eight years old, dan hurley was labeled a slow learner because he still couldnt read.
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A decade ago, a fielddefining swiss study demonstrated for the first time in history that iq scores can be improved. This is the journey of dan hurley trying to get smarter. He has written nearly twentyfour articles for the the new york times magazine since 2005, including can you make yourself smarter. Dan hurley is the featured journalist in pbss august 20 pledge special, smarter brains. That was jane fonda in 1982, exhorting the viewers of her firstofitskind workout video to engage in an exotic pursuit called exercise. Dan hurley finds out by testing the hypotheses on himself. Fluid intelligence refers to the brains ability to focus and project patterns in a useful way and it implies some degree of change in the hard wiring of the brain.
By dan hurley thanks to barry for passing this along. Pick up the key ideas in the book with this quick summary. In smarter, he digs deeper by meeting with the fields leading researchersand becoming a human guinea pig. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Three years later, he had become a straight a student. Some of these, as us journalist dan hurley explores in this intriguing book about. Dan hurley can you make yourself, your kids, and your parents smarter. Dan hurleys smarter investigates how working memory can be manipulated, and how we can all make ourselves more intelligent. There is evidence that reading can increase levels of all three major categories of intelligence. The new science of building brain power, advises that you put some brain sneakers on and get mentally moving. Hes written a book about the different ways that he can learn to become smarter, including everything from smart drugs to nicotine, to exercise, to brain training exercises. He lectures to corporate and academic audiences across the united states. Awardwinning science journalist dan hurley investigates the new field of intelligence training, and asks. Dan hurley wants to know what can make him smarter.
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If you want to save this summary for later, download the free pdf and. Hurley, who grew up to become an awardwinning science journalist, first explored the topic in the new york times magazine. Pink, author of drive when he was eight years old, dan hurley was labeled a slow learner because. Home page todays paper video most popular help search all.
Journalist dan hurleys smarter investigates how working memory can be manipulated, and how we can all make ourselves more intelligent. Dan hurley, the author, became interested in this question, particularly the question of whether fluid intelligence can be improved. The new science of building brain power kindle edition by hurley, dan. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading smarter.
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