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News Release 08-096
Plastic Brain Outsmarts Experts
Training can increase fluid intelligence, once thought to be fixed at birth
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Fluid intelligence, an aspect of a person's IQ, allows people to solve unfamiliar problems by understanding relationships between various concepts independent of previous knowledge or skills. Research shows that training short-term, or working memory, can improve fluid intelligence, which was once thought to be extremely difficult.
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