Cognitive Abilities

A large study recently published reached an optimistic conclusion: 70 and 80-year-olds can improve their cognitive abilities just like young people. However, the promise is controversial: do brain training exercises really improve overall brain function, or does the key lie elsewhere? On one thing everyone agrees: the perception that the brain necessarily deteriorates over time is no longer...

Throughout the last century, average IQ scores worldwide rose consistently. However, a new study published in the journal "Intelligence" reveals the opposite: an analysis of hundreds of thousands of tests collected in the USA between 2006 and 2018 shows that scores have begun to decline.