The Mozart Effect: Just How Magic Was that Magic Flute?
The person in the cubicle next to you is driving you crazy with their constant chatter. Naturally, you reach for your headphones. Whether...
Creativity and IQ: What 1500 Kids Can Teach Us
How does your IQ affect your creativity? One might assume that having a super high IQ would garner you more powerful creative flights of...
Are You Smarter Than a Mouse?
"Are you smarter than a mouse?" This was one of the intriguing topics presented at this week's Society for Neuroscience conference in San...
How Smart are You?
How do we measure intelligence? The ancient Chinese had some of the first tests designed to evaluate a person's smarts: a game called...
Getting Smart About Intelligence
So what is intelligence, or more importantly, how does it work? The U.S. federal government recently announced it has budgeted some 3...
Why Meditation Might be More Important than Intelligence
When was the last time you had a three-foot tamping rod blow through your prefrontal cortex, taking with it about a half teacupful of...