
Increasing Intelligence
Description
Key Features
- Summarizes the history of attempts to raise intelligence
- Describes the intelligence construct and the cognitive mechanisms thought to be at the core of intellectual functioning
- Provides an overview of the neurobiological underpinnings of intelligence
- Discusses the efficacy and limitations of behavioral training approaches and brain stimulation methods aiming to increase performance on working memory and intelligence tests
- Examines the effects of neurofeedback, exercise, meditation, nutrition, and drugs on cognitive enhancement
Readership
Researchers and students in neuroscience, psychology, cognitive sciences
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Mystery of Intelligence
- Abstract
- 1.1. Intelligence—the most valued trait
- 1.2. Can we boost intelligence?
- 1.3. Educational interventions for higher cognitive competence
Chapter 2: The Biological Background of Intelligence
- Abstract
- 2.1. Brain structure
- 2.2. Neuroelectric measures of the brain at rest
- 2.3. Brain function and neurobiological theories of intelligence
- 2.4. Processing speed and working memory
- 2.5. Sex differences in intelligence, brain structure, and function
Chapter 3: Raising Intelligence by Means of Behavioral Training
- Abstract
- 3.1. The Mozart effect
- 3.2. Types of training: theory, memory, brain, and personal bias
- 3.3. Metaanalyses and review papers: improving fluid intelligence with training
- 3.4. The Jaeggi et al. study
- 3.5. COGITO
- 3.6. Research from our lab
- 3.7. Video games: with fun to more intelligent brains?
Chapter 4: Changing Brain Activity, Increasing Intelligence: Transcranial Electrical and Magnetic Stimulation
- Abstract
- 4.1. Transcranial electrical brain stimulation
- 4.2. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
- 4.3. tDCS and tACS as a tool to modulate intelligence
- 4.4. Noninvasive brain stimulation in working memory research
Chapter 5: Other Approaches: From Neurofeedback to Cognitive-Enhancing Drugs
- Abstract
- 5.1. Neurofeedback
- 5.2. Exercise
- 5.3. Meditation
- 5.4. Nutrition and cognitive-enhancing drugs
Chapter 6: Once Upon a Time We Were on the Moon
- Abstract
- 6.1. Why become more intelligent?
Product details
- No. of pages: 342
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2017
- Published: January 30, 2017
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780128134306
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128094075
About the Authors
Norbert Jaušovec
Affiliations and Expertise
University of Maribor, Slovenia; Neuropsychology, Educational Psychology
Affiliations and Expertise
Anja Pahor
Affiliations and Expertise
University of Maribor, Slovenia; Neuropsychology, Cognitive Neuroscience