Brain Fitness Exercises

February 5th, 2009    Subscribe To Our Feed

When French psychologist Alfred Binet designed the first standardized intelligence test, he felt strongly that an IQ score shouldn’t become a label. Binet feared that a low IQ score could affect a person’s self esteem as well as the opinions of others. But it wasn’t long before people were using IQ test scores to categorize and discriminate. Henry Goddard, who popularized IQ testing in the US, held that low IQ was caused by a recessive gene. Goddard’s views echoed those of the American public at the time, who worried that a disproportionate number of immigrants were of low intelligence.

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Combine Physical and Mental Exercise For Brain Health - Interview With Dr Kramer

August 18th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

Dr. Arthur Kramer is a Professor in the University of Illinois Department of Psychology, the Campus Neuroscience Program, the Beckman Institute, and the Director of the Biomedical Imaging Center at the University of Illinois.

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People with Alzheimers benefit from activities

June 20th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

One disease that people dread to be diagnosed with is Alzheimers. No one could blame them. Alzheimers affects not only one area or one system but all body systems. It is one of the most debilitating diseases known to man. Alzheimers is a progressive disease. Gradually the various systems of the body may be affected one or more at a time. As the disease progresses, the effects become wide-range.

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