IQ. Does it really matter?

Want to be smarter? Brain magic will show you how. You are not stuck with the brain you were born with.

Being smart is much, much more than having a high IQ.

Working Memory is the Key

Research tells us that working memory strength and not IQ is the best predictor of academic success, and might be the single most important factor in determining general intelligence. Working memory is central to all human thought processes. It has been defined as the ability to hold information in mind while manipulating it to achieve a cognitive goal. Working memory capacity accounts for 50 to 70 percent of differences between us in raw brainpower. This has important consequences

The bad news is that when working memory is overloaded or distracted, information held there can be lost readily. This has important consequences in our ability to acquire knowledge and new skills.ls. Independent of IQ- low working memory means poor performance on arithmetic word problems and computational skills. Independent of IQ,- low working memory means poor reading skills.

The person with poor working memory capacities will lose the battle to cope with growing demands at home, on the job and in the classroom.

The good news is that you can do something about it. Whatever your age, you can actually build new brain cells, increase your competence and confidence, increase your working memory, IQ, fluid intelligence, focus and problem solving ability.

What to do

Brain Magic working memory training targets the very specific brain function which proves key to every conscious mental process. Your working memory frames the action for you whether you are reading, writing, speaking, listening, solving problems, playing an instrument, or just plain thinking. Your mind can grow sharper and stronger as your brain grows older and computer based training programs are proving to be the way to make it happen.

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The training

The Brain Magic protocols improve the speed of both auditory processing and visual processing as well as aural memory and visual working memory. It also gives a sense of well being and confidence from your growing success that is striking.

Science shows us that it is possible to increases working memory capacity from 50 – 80% while increasing fluid intelligence (a composite brain capability involving processing speed, working memory, multi-tasking and higher order processing) by an average of more than 40%.

The Brain Magic journey means ongoing growth. You will be eased into a graduated training, which leads you on your home computer and shows you how to step ahead. It consults with you and adapts to you throughout the process. Along the way, the format ripens in style and structure, and as your abilities grow, that growth leads to competence and up you go. And as the progressive training continues the gains continue.

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Improving fluid intelligence with training on working memory

http://www.pnas.org/content/105/19/6829.full?sid=24bc6e06-13eb-4013-81c1-7eb2200e207b

Working memory, but not IQ, predicts subsequent learning in children with learning difficulties. http://209.18.101.212/pennsbury/Staff%20Pages/Pennsbury%20High%20East/Pitonyak,%20F./Statistics/working%20memory%20math.pdf

Working memory: Is it the new IQ?

http://precedings.nature.com/documents/2343/version/1

The wisdom paradox: How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger As Your Brain Grows Older

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/reviews/180/the-wisdom-paradox-how-your-mind-can-grow-stronger-as-your-brain-grows-older

Specialists study Brain plasticity and its Transformative Potential

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/588275

A rational alternative to testing

IQ http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427322.400-a-rational-alternative-to-testing-iq.html