Raising IQ != raising intelligence. If I take the same test over and over, my IQ goes up, but my intelligence stays the same. If I give testees half the answers, their IQs go up, but they didn't get smarter. You get the point. http://arthurjensen.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Raising-IQ-Without-Increasing-g-Review-of-Howard-L.-Garbers-The-Milwaukee-Project-Preventing-Mental-Retardation-in-Children-at-Risk-1989-by-Arthur-Robert-Jensen.pdf …https://twitter.com/WiringTheBrain/status/928182568696143872 …
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Basic logical argument: Intelligence is a function of brain structure and organization. Brain structure/organization can be altered via experience/stimulus. Therefore, intelligence can be altered via experience/stimulus.
Sound, but does not imply that it is practically feasible to increase intelligence by re-taking tests or WM training. I'm mostly hopeful for chemical interventions and gene editing of adult-active genes.
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Sure, I am not saying it is, and that is a poor way to simulate "learning" (even through I routinely make my own students retake exams until material is mastered). But there is plenty of evidence that introducing the brain novel stimulus benefits brain function
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It is. But that was precisely my point. One cannot assume that changes in IQ reflect changes in general intelligence is any simple way. Need ratio scale measurements for that. But one can examine it with fancy psychometrics.
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Related: you may enjoy this radiolab if you haven't heard it.http://www.radiolab.org/story/9-volt-nirvana/ …
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My understanding is that the military is furiously working on brain stimulation as we speak...for better or worse.
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