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Articles from psychologists on brain training, brain fitness, intelligence, improving memory, raising IQ and brain health developments in science.

The Consensus Is In On Brain Training, But The Jury Is Not

The mess that has been created by the over-eager marketing of the brain training industry has resulted in a general skepticism regarding any efforts to develop tools to increase general cognitive functioning, an effort that makes perfect theoretical and practical sense from a psychological science point of view. In other words, all efforts may now be painted with the same brush. The brain training industry has made a proverbial rod for their own back.

But there is one important point on which I and people in my field would strongly disagree with the
consensus group. The point of disagreement speaks loudly to the hope of developing powerful brain training methods that fulfill all of the criteria suggested by the consensus group. Specifically, the signatories appeal in their article to the long standing assumption that improvement in a single training task type cannot lead to increases in a broad skill. For example, training in a particular type of memory task cannot improve all of memory. Training in one type of motor movement
cannot improve all forms of motor movement. This has indeed been generally observed.
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How to Increase Intelligence

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and adults can increase or improve intelligence and science supports
the fact that there are no factors imposed by biology or birth that
constrains intelligence gains over ones life. Psychologists at NUIM
University have shown with published research that IQ can be raised (see
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Game Based Learning in Schools

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use of “Game Based Learning” in schools and the classroom by teachers
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subjects like math, science, reading and languages. In the modern
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ADHD and ADD Brain Training

Brain training is a proven therapy for ADHD and ADD. In a recent study,eight educationally  challenged children started the SMART brain training program with an average IQ of 82 (using the WISC IV), well below the average score of around 100. Following the intervention, these
IQs were moved on average to 96, well within the average IQ range.

Furthermore, in follow up tests SMART Brain training was proven to have a lasting effect on alleviating ADHD within this study group.We work with kids, parents, teachers and psychologists to deliver our brain training intervention skills either in a classroom, clinical or home setting.
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Increase Intelligence

Anyone can increase intelligence as the brains memory is an essential part of the brains intellectual functioning and that this can be improved (see Jaeggi et al., 2008). These studies and others into intelligence show that IQ scores can be improved and that an IQ test is merely a good starting point for kids or adults to commence a journey towards increasing intellectual skills for meaningful gains in all walks of life. So what does it take to increase intelligence and raise IQ? Well advice from Doctor Sarah Cassidy, an educational psychologist and a co-founder at RaiseYourIQ includes

Psychologists have discovered that there is a strong correlation between a person’s relational skills and IQ scores (O’Hora, Pelaez & Barnes-Holmes; 2005, O’Toole & Barnes-Holmes;2009, Cassidy, Roche & Hayes; 2011, Roche, Cassidy & Stewart; 2013). Crucially we now know that relational skills can be taught to any person.


So improving your relational skills will in turn increase your IQ score. So what are Relational skills?, they are the understanding of a handful of mathematical relationships between concepts or objects such as things are the same as other things, more or less than other things, opposite to other things, and so on.


They also include relationships like before and after or that one thing is contained by another. Moreover, having a strong handle on the relationships between and among other things has been shown to enhance thinking and problem solving skills. In fact, these relational skills are now being called the building blocks of intelligence by psychologists in the field of Relational Frame Theory.

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Tutoring and Homework Help using Brain Training

Why do students have to wade through session after session of  reading and learning to
complete homework assignments, when some brain training exercises can speed up the acquisition of knowledge. 

The SMART brain training program can be used as a tutoring and homework aid as it works across school curriculum to make learning mathematics, languages,reading and science easier. SMART brain training acts like an online tutor, showing kids how to learn faster and easier no matter what
the topic. SMART brain training has been developed by educational psychologists following over 10 years of research and is now scientifically proven to raise IQ by 20-30 regardless of the child's
intellectual development. For more information on the RaiseYourIQ team, and the science behind SMART brain training please read our web section of "What is SMART"

 
Tutoring and Homework Help using Brain Training

How does Brain Training work

Brain training works to enhance intelligence (IQ) along with other cognitive abilities. What separates SMART brain training is our scientific research into the very specific tasks that stimulate the brain in such a way that it leads to improvements in general brain health and intellectual functioning. Research in the field of Relational Frame Theory (Hayes, Barnes-Holmes & Roche, 2001) has shown that understanding relations, such as more than, less than, opposite, same, before, after, here-there, amongst others, is crucial for intellectual development in just about every sphere.

In fact, they are so crucial that researchers have reported in published scientific research papers that we can measure intelligence simply in terms of one’s ability to understand these relations (or what we call “relational ability”). RaiseYourIQ brain training is a skills focused course as it teaches a range of crucial relational skills and brings our relational skills to expert levels, so that all intellectual tasks come easier. SMART brain training gives people the ability to learn faster and better, it helps new information make more sense, and helps the brain think more clearly. 

Brain Training For Seniors

Recent scientific research shows that brain training can help seniors and adults to maintain a healthy brain. Psychologists and neuroscience insights show that brain cell connections really do grow in response to stimulation and that stimulated brain areas are measurably better developed as a result.

According to the  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Even if older people only took an initial set of brain training classes aimed at improving their ability to solve problems and react quickly, participants showed that the training stuck with them a decade later

SMART brain training is also helping people with early Alzheimer's disease to retain cognitive functions. Scientists have documented that brain training of deeper level thinking carries over into untrained brain areas allowing seniors and adults to more effectively assimilate, manage and utilize information. This shows how tied together brain health and physical health are. People of all ages
are finding that brain training provides benefits for a robust brain  function and also preventing cognitive decline.

Can Brain Training Help Seniors

Is it really possible to increase intelligence?

We were once told that intelligence or IQ was fixed for life. However,years of research by doctors and psychologists has lead to thediscovery of the importance of relational skills to intelligence and it
took several more years to by scientists to figure out how best to teach these skills. Today we know that IQ can in fact be increased by quite a degree. There have also been considerable advances in neuroscience in recent years, that have led psychologists to conclude that the brain itself can be made “fitter” with training and can respond and adapt to improved learning opportunities. Even leading authorities, such as Professor Robert Sternberg, now agree that IQ can be raised.

People who have completed the SMART brain training course have seen an average 20-50 point increase or improvement in intelligence or IQ (in both formal IQ tests and IQ assessments). The whole principal andscience behind RaiseYourIQ is teaching people how to learn easier. So mathematics, reasoning,problem solving memory recall and verbal comprehension become easier to understand hence working the brain fitter. The proof of this process lies in taking a pre and post IQ
assessment test which is free at RaiseYourIQ. Many of our users take SMART brain training to help in education, exams, work tests and IQ tests like MENSA. increase intelligence

Brain Fitness

The way to improve brain fitness is to schedule in a few times a week to complete the stages on the SMART brain training course. It is a scientific fact that the fitter the brain, the easier learning becomes to us all. Brain training is all abouthaving a fitter brain, it does take time and effort and over the course of the 12-16 weeks on average it takes to complete the SMART course users will see a marked improvement to how psychologists measure brain fitness namely, thinking ability, ability of the brain to focus better and improved memory skills. Think of brain fitness like a gym membership, you make best use of it when you make the time to exercise. Brain Fitness

Brain Training For Seniors

Brain training for seniors and people advancing in years can help retain cognitive functions. Published scientific research shows that brain training can help seniors and adults to maintain a healthy brain. Psychologists and neuroscience insights show that brain cell connections really do grow in response to stimulation and that stimulated brain areas are measurably better
developed as a result.

A happy, fit brain is also a healthy brain. SMART brain training is also helping people with early Alzheimer's disease to retain cognitive functions. Scientists have documented that brain training of deeper level thinking carries over into untrained brain areas allowing seniors and adults to more
effectively assimilate, manage and utilize information. This shows how tied together brain health and physical health are. People of all ages are finding that brain training provides benefits for a robust brain function and also preventing cognitive decline. RaiseYourIQ includes a series of free brain games online which includes a free IQ test. Can Brain Training Help Seniors

Brain Training Free

RaiseYourIQ offers anyone two ways to get some brain training free lessons. The first way is to sign-up for a free trial account. The first 15 lessons on the SMART brain training course are free which includes an IQ assessment test, apart from your email address no other information or credit card is required. Most of our students find this the easiest way to experience how brain training will help raise IQ levels and improve intelligence.

The second way is to download our "brain training free lessons" from our blog. This brain training is a series of questions in a PDF document that you can print off and practise at your leisure. No registration or information is required, just download and start working that brain fit. Click here Brain Training Free


These free brain training exercises will improve your brain performance in an enjoyable way no matter what age you are and they are a great introduction to improving IQ and intelligence. 

Brain training for Children

Teachers, Guardians and Parents should consider using brain training for children and students to help improve their IQ levels and so assist them in their educational pursuits. The idea that a childs or persons Intelligence Quotient (IQ) is fixed for life is a myth and for far to long as been used as an excuse for poor teaching and learning methods.

 Brain training for Children

If a childs brain needs a power up, then the RaiseYourIQ intellectual skills intervention called "SMART brain training" (Strengthening Mental Abilities with Relational Training). We do not teach children and students anything that they can use in their examinations (e.g., how to multiply, the capital of Canada). Instead a RaiseYourIQ course will teach the foundational reasoning skills crucial to vocabulary acquisition and mathematical reasoning. In effect, we are giving kids, students and adults the tools to learn more effectively. Moreover our training re-mediates deficits in these skills bases that cannot be taught at school efficiently without extensive one-to-one assistance, plus SMART can even help children to catch up to and even surpass the population average in intellectual ability. The SMART brain training course can act as a springboard from which future learning occurs across all age groups.

Brain Training Exercises

The brain training exercises on RaiseYourIQ are designed to improve the ability of the brain to learn faster and easier. Brain training exercises are similar to revision sessions in school or on a business presentation. As each brain training module is completed, there is revision time to repeat and re-learn information, facts, and formulas. The main difference in progressing through brain training exercises is that the focus is on strengthening the weak areas of the brain to make these fitter so to make learning easier.
So brain training exercises really challenge the brain by gradually building up the complexity of the exercises over a period of time.

Here is an example of a brain training exercise from RaiseYourIQ. Try it for yourself.

If an object B is larger than another object C,and an object A is larger than B, and an object D is smaller than object C, is D less than or more than A?


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Children Need Brain Training

As a psychologist and educator I put forward the arguement that children need brain training as
part of their education in schools. Why?. In my experience schools are not equipped to help children reach their intellectual potential. As much as we may like to believe it, schools are not perfect places in which to educate a child. While they may do their utmost within budgetary constraints to impart the knowledge and skills a child needs to function in the world as an adult, they simply cannot provide the one-to-one attention that a child needs to reach their full intellectual potential. Even if a parent is fortunate enough to afford private schooling of the highest standard, or private tutoring from leading scholars, this still cannot maximize intellectual development for a surprisingly simple reason: those experts don’t know what to teach to make that happen.

While an expensive tutoring company will boast about improvements in school grades, they achieve this only by “teaching to the examination”, whatever that may be; SATs, a University entrance exam, or whatever. In other words, intensive education usually focuses on knowledge content and some  basic skills tested directly in examinations. None of this will enhance a child’s overall intellectual ability much. That approach simply does not provide practice at skills basic enough that learning itself becomes easier. And the reason that most education leaves the child knowing more, but not any smarter, is because until now educational psychologists and neuroscientists did not fully understand
what skills precisely underlie “being smart”.


The Good News for Every Child
Psychology research in a field known as Relational Frame Theory has identified what are known as “relational skills” as the building block skills that underlie intelligence. The good news is that relational skills can be taught to any child through a form of “brain training”, and dozens of published research studies have now shown this, and argue that this is the kind of training every child needs to really maximize their potential in school and in life.


Relational skills brain training teaches a range of crucial relational skills that help to sharpen  intellectual ability. When these skills are improved, the research suggests, all intellectual tasks come
easier. Relational skills training make you a faster and better learner. It helps new information make more sense, and helps you think more clearly.


Because the school system does not directly teach relational skills, a child can quickly fall behind as they rote learn what is required to do well in school, but without the intellectual skill foundation to make that information meaningful and easy to remember. As a result, they can fall further and further behind over the years, as the effects of their poorly developed basic intellectual skills increase with the increasing demands of education. However, the identification of relational skills as the basic building blocks of intelligence, offers the possibility of re-mediating these deficits in a very efficient way so that educational efforts will be more effective and so that even disadvantaged children
can reach their educational potential.


What Does Relational Skills Training Involve and Where can I get it? Currently, relational skills brain training, which is a form of brain training, is only available online at www.raiseyouriq.com. It can be taken by children or adults, and simply requires completing a series of game-like tasks, for a few short sessions each week, for several weeks. The training involves teaching the user how to  answer blocks of logical questions, first with feedback, and then on their own without any help. The user is taught by the software how to solve these short logical problems, and is gently guided through increasingly difficult tasks that become increasingly easy for the user to solve.


The method employed at RaiseYourIQ.com was developed by behavioral  psychologists over a decade of laboratory research, and is called SMART (which stands for Strengthening Mental Abilities with Relational Training). SMART teaches the user how to learn and how to think more clearly and logically.


Published research shows that SMART training increases the IQ scores (i.e). the standard measure of our intelligence level) of users by at least 10, and up to around 30 points, which represents a highly
significant increase in intellectual ability. It also appears that a high starting intelligence level does not reduce the effects of the training, with intelligent children, becoming even more intelligent. This is because there is no limit to how relationally skilled a user can become. SMART Brain Training For Kids allows infinite improvement because users are encouraged to regularly revise stages of training that they have already mastered, and this helps them become more accurate and faster in solving problems. Even after completion they can continue to train at their own convenience. Our child users typically attain at least a typical adult level of logical reasoning and ability following their training.


SMART brain training targets the foundational intellectual skills that underlie just about everything we do, but specifically the following activities rely heavily on relational skills.


• Using vocabulary

• Understanding word meaning

• Grasping basic and advanced logic

• Remembering information

• Using numbers for mathematics


You can learn more about relational skill brain training here, Brain Training Free where everyone is welcome to sign up for a free trial course.

Scientifically Developed Intellectual Skills Training

Smart Brain Training Scientific Evidence

RaiseYourIQ have been involved both as scientists and psychologists in the development of the SMART brain training educational method within the behavioral research community in which the
idea of “relational skills” first evolved. The RaiseYourIQ approach to brain training is based on Relational Frame Theory – a modern theory of cognition, that our team of psychologists have helped to develop over the past two decades.

RaiseYourIQ is the only online brain training company offering online relational skills training
based on the tried and tested methods of applied behavior analysis (ABA). These technologies have developed over decades in a research tradition started by the now legendary psychologist B.F Skinner. Skinner was not a brain scientist. He was an expert in the science of learning and teaching. Skinner’s ideas eventually led to the development of supremely successful treatments for a whole range of educational and intellectual deficits including autism spectrum disorders, and his approach taught us how to help individuals reach and surpass their intellectual potential.


So successful is the applied behavior analysis approach that it is widely considered to be the most effective treatment for autism known to science and it is used by leading scientists and therapists all over the world, in private clinics and in the mainstream school system to help children at every level of academic ability. SMART BRAIN TRAINING has emerged from this applied behavior analysis tradition, and provides a training system that teaches the fundamental concepts required for intellectual development.

Some Published Scientific Research Papers Supporting the SMART Approach

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Barnes-Holmes, Y., Barnes-Holmes, D., Roche, B. & Smeets, P. M.
(2001). Exemplar training and a derived transformation of function in
accordance with symmetry: II. The Psychological Record, 51, 589-603.



Barnes-Holmes, Y., Barnes-Holmes, D. & Cullinan, V. (2001). In
Relational frame theory: A post-Skinnerian account of human language and
cognition. Hayes, S. C. (Ed.); Barnes-Holmes, D. (Ed.); Roche, B.
(Ed.), (pp. 181-195). New York, NY, US: Kluwer Academic/Plenum


Barnes-Holmes, Y., Barnes-Holmes, D. & Murphy, C. (2004).
Teaching the generic skills of language and cognition: Contributions
from relational frame theory. In Moran, Daniel J. (Ed.); Malott,
Richard W. (Ed.), Evidence-based educational methods. San Diego, CA, US:
Elsevier Academic Press.


Barnes-Holmes, Y., Barnes-Holmes, D., Roche, B., Healy, O., Lyddy,
F., Cullinan, V. & Hayes, S. C. (2001). Psychological
Development. In Hayes, Steven C. (Ed.); Barnes-Holmes, Dermot (Ed.);
Roche, Bryan (Ed.), Relational frame theory: A post-Skinnerian account
of human language and cognition (pp. 157-180). New York, NY, US: Kluwer
Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2001.


Barnes-Holmes, Y., Barnes-Holmes, D., Roche, B. & Smeets, P. M.
(2001). Exemplar training and a derived transformation of function in
accordance with symmetry. The Psychological Record, 51, 287-308.


Berens, N. M. & Hayes, S. C. (2007). Arbitrarily applicable
comparative relations: Experimental evidence for a relational operant.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 40, 45-71.


Cassidy, S., Roche, B. & Hayes, S. C. (2011). A relational
frame training intervention to raise Intelligence Quotients: A pilot
study. The Psychological Record, 61, 173-198.


Cassidy, S., Roche, B. & O’Hora, D. (2010). Relational Frame
Theory and human intelligence. European Journal of Behavior Analysis,
11, 37-51.


Christoff, K., Keramatian, K., Gordon, A. M., Smith, R., &
Mädler, B. (2009). Prefrontal organization of cognitive control
according to levels of abstraction. Brain Research, 1286, 94-105.


Gómez, S. López, F., ; Martín, C. B., Barnes-Holmes, Y. &
Barnes-Holmes, D. (2007). Exemplar training and a derived
transformation of functions in accordance with symmetry and equivalence.
The Psychological Record, 57, 273-294.


Gore, N. J.; Barnes-Holmes, Yvonne & Murphy, Glynis. (2010). The
Relationship between Intellectual Functioning and Relational
Perspective-Taking. International Journal of Psychology &
Psychological Therapy, 10, 1-17.

Gorham, Marie; Barnes-Holmes, Y., Barnes-Holmes, D. & Berens, N.
(2009). Derived comparative and transitive relations in young children
with and without autism. The Psychological Record, 59, 221-246.


Christoff, K., Keramatian, K., Gordon, A. M., Smith, R., &
Mädler, B. (2009). Prefrontal organization of cognitive control
according to levels of abstraction. Brain Research, 1286, 94-105.


Luciano, C., Becerra, I. G., & Valverde, M. R. (2007). The role
of multiple-exemplar training and naming in establishing derived
equivalence in an infant. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of
Behavior, 87, 349-365.




McHugh, L., Barnes-Holmes, Y., & Barnes-Holmes, D. (2004).
Relational Frame Account of the Development of Complex Cognitive
Phenomena: Perspective-taking, False Belief Understanding, and
Deception. International Journal of Psychology & Psychological
Therapy, 4, 303-324.




McHugh, L., Barnes-Holmes, Y., & Barnes-Holmes, D.
Perspective-Taking as Relational Responding: A Developmental Profile.
(2004). The Psychological Record, 54, 115-144.




Murphy, C., Barnes-Holmes, D. & Barnes-Holmes, Y. (2005).
Derived manding in children with autism: Synthesizing Skinner's verbal
behavior with relational frame theory. Journal of Applied Behavior
Analysis, 38, 445-462.




Murphy, C., & Barnes-Holmes, D. (2009). Derived more-less
relational mands in children diagnosed with autism. Journal of Applied
Behavior Analysis, 42, 253-268.




Murphy, C., & Barnes-Holmes, D. (2009). Establishing derived
manding for specific amounts with three children: An attempt at
synthesizing Skinner's Verbal Behavior with relational frame theory. The
Psychological Record, 59, 75-92.




Oberauer, K. (2003). The multiple faces of working memory: Storage,
processing, supervision, and coordination. Intelligence, 31(2), 167-193.




O'Connor, J., Barnes-Holmes, Y., & Barnes-Holmes, D. (2011).
Establishing contextual control over symmetry and asymmetry performances
in typically developing children and children with autism. The
Psychological Record, 61, 287-312.




O'Toole, C., Barnes-Holmes, D., Murphy, C., O'Connor, J., &
Barnes-Holmes, Y. (2009). Relational flexibility and human
intelligence: Extending the remit of Skinner's Verbal Behavior.
International Journal of Psychology & Psychological Therapy, 9,
1-17.




Ramsden, S., Richardson, F. M., Josse,G., Thomas, M. S. C., Ellis,
C., Shakeshaft, C., Seghier, M. L. & Price, C. P. (2011). Verbal
and non-verbal intelligence changes in the teenage brain. Nature 479,
113–116.




Rehfeldt, R. & Barnes-Holmes, Y. (2009). Derived Relational
Responding: Applications for Learners with Autism and other
Developmental Disabilities: A Progressive Guide to Change. Oakland, CA:
New Harbinger.




Roche, B., Cassidy, S. & Stewart, I. (2013). Nurturing genius:
Realizing a foundational aim of Psychology, In Kashdan, T &
Ciarrochi, J. (Eds.), Cultivating well-being: Treatment innovations in
Positive Psychology, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and beyond, pp.
267-302. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.




Rosales, R., Rehfeldt, R., & Lovett, S. (2011). Effects of
multiple exemplar training on the emergence of derived relations in
preschool children learning a second language. Analysis of Verbal
Behavior, 27, 61-74.




Stewart, I., Tarbox, J., Roche, B., & O’Hora, D. (2013).
Education, intellectual development, and relational frame theory. In
Dymond, S. & Roche, B. (Eds.), Advances in Relational Frame Theory:
Research & Application, pp. 178-198. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.




Vitale, A., Barnes-Holmes, Y., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Campbell, C.
(2008). Facilitating responding in accordance with the relational frame
of comparison: Systematic empirical analyses. The Psychological
Record, 58, 365-390.




Weil, T. M., Hayes, S. C., & Capurro, P. (2011). Establishing a
deictic relational repertoire in young children. The Psychological
Record, 61, 371-390.

Brain Training Scientific Evidence

Can I Increase My Intelligence?

People and students often ask the question "Can I increase my intelligence" by using some tools or games. Fist things first, What is Intellgence and IQ?

Well intelligence is defined at the ability to learn, understand and makejudgments or have opinions that are based on reason. Being intelligent means having the ability to acquire and use knowledge for solving problems and adapting to the world. IQ is simply the unit of measure for expressing the results of intelligence tests. Specifically, IQ is the ratio of a subject’s mental age (as determined by their performance on an intelligence scale) and chronological age.



There are many types of intelligence, but only standard IQ predicts your success at school and in work. In fact studies show people with higher IQ scores complete more years in school and have higher status jobs. Recent research has also found that people with higher IQs are also happier and healthier. While you do not need to have a high IQ for its own sake, improving your intellectual
ability will help you deal more effectively with school and work challenges, as well as make decisions and solve everyday problems more easily.

So the answer to the question is Yes. However there is no easy fix, just like training in your body in a gym, exercising the brain to become fitter involves time and study. RaiseYourIQ believes that brain training is about teaching people to learn. So brain training is a learning method to enhance a persons 
ability to learn faster, easier, and better. The science to brain training is that the brain processes information through a network of nerve cells called neurons and as a brain learns, groupings of neurons physically work together to accomplish learning or thinking tasks. So brain training is a skills course that requires a few hours a week over 8 to 12 weeks where a final IQ test will indicate the level of improvement. Learn more about SMART brain training here.

Why Is SMART “Brain Training” different?

The SMART brain training course is not like any other form of brain training online or in clinics. Here at RaiseYourIQ we use the term "brain skills training", or a behavioral training course. The intellectual property behind SMART Brain Training has been developed by education leaders and published psychologists following over ten years research in schools and university.

The reason SMART Brain Training  is different is that it does not work by merely improving working memory or teaching users how to perform well on IQ tests.  Instead, our SMART brain training course teaches the fundamental cognitive skills necessary to improve learning and reasoning in
school,business and in everyday life.

SMART Brain Training enhances the entire intellectual skillset.

The web is full of brain training apps or games with no scientific support which just focus on working memory. The SMART Brain Training course (we want our users to see this as an educational course with real world benefits) covers the 4 key areas of "Intellectual Performance"

(1). Verbal Comprehension - improve ability to listen to a question and draw upon learned information

(2).Perceptual Reasoning - improve ability to examine a problem, organize thoughts, create solutions, and then test them

(3).Processing Speed - increase attention to quickly scan, discriminate between and order visual information

(4). Working Memory - increase the ability to memorize new information, hold it in short-term memory and concentrate

RaiseYourIQ offers a no obligation free trial (1st module is 100% free) together with a free IQ Assessment so people can judge for themselves. Brain Training Free The first module is 100% free and nocredit card is required.  To learn more about Why Is SMART “Brain Training” different?

Education is Linked To IQ

Scientific evidence nows shows that education is linked to higher IQ levels. If a person increases the intensity or duration of educational activity, it stimulates the brain to become fitter, making learning easier for any person whether its for school or business.

The view that a persons IQ is fixed for life and cannot be improved has been discredited thanks to several studies. One such study which was recently published by Norwegian scientists Christian N. Brinch and Taryn Ann Galloway. They got around the problem of trying to separate the effect of education on IQ from the possibility that more intelligent people simply choose to have more education. Their study involved examining the effects of an increase in the duration of compulsory
schooling in Norway in the 1960s. This change extended the minimum time in education for all Norwegians from 7 to 9 years. The authors cleverly hypothesized that the IQs of people who experienced this extra mandatory education should have increased by the time they reached
adulthood.


The researchers had access to excellent records of cognitive ability taken by the military for all eligible males at age 19 and they used these to calculate the IQ of each individual in the study. This allowed them to show that IQ had risen by 0.6 of a point on average for all Norwegian males over the period of study, but HAD RISEN BY 3.7 POINTS for every extra year of education received.

These findings provide very strong support for the ideas that education can increase IQ, but more importantly is that those people who are exposed to extra education benefit even greater. The conclusion is the more we learn, the fitter he brain becomes leading to improved levels of IQ. This poses the question, if children and adults know how to learn better, would our normal education system have a bigger impact on their intellectual development and life choices?


The rises in IQ from this study result from a very broad exposure to education extension, but research now shows that IQ rises obtained by an extra year of education are dwarfed by the IQ rises obtainable using the scientifically developed brain training developed by psychologists and authors at RaiseYourIQ, which helps the user to become expert in a range of cognitive skills underlying many forms of intelligence used in education, work, and in everyday life. Teaching people to learn easier and quicker using the brain training course leads to a 20-30 point IQ increase.


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You can view the full original article conducted by the Norwegian
scientists here: [Brinch &
Galloway](http://www.pnas.org/content/109/2/

  
 Published originally by Doctor Bryan Roche, co-founder of RaiseYourIQ on his blog Educational Intervention To Raise Your IQ