Thursday 19 June 2014

Is the modern world making us smarter?

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Over a mere 20,000 years, the human brain has evolved from directing mammoth hunts to something capable of orchestrating space shuttle flights. So what marvels will our brains be capable of in the near future?

The modern era has already seen a measureable uptick in certain areas of brainpower. Since the 1930s, standardized test scores have been steadily increasing, a phenomenon called the Flynn Effect.

You might assume that the rise in IQ scores is due to people doing better on basic math skills and memorizations — basically, anything we can study for. But what's especially interesting...

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