A primary mystery puzzling neuroscientists - where in the brain lies intelligence? - just may have a unified answer. Parieto-Frontal Integration Theory (P-FIT) identifies a brain network related to intelligence, one that primarily involves areas in the frontal and the parietal lobes. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

People who score high on intelligence tests are also good at keeping time, new Swedish research shows. The team that carried out the study also suspect that accuracy in timing is important to the brain processes responsible for problem solving and reasoning. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Google founder Larry Page: picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago

A government report on the growing use of contractors by U.S. intelligence agencies is too secret to be released. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A single ant or bee isn't smart, but their colonies are. The study of swarm intelligence is providing insights that can help humans manage complex systems. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Not gonna happen, IMHO. But an interesting article nonetheless. picked by mahler87 6 months ago

"A Solution to the War in Iraq", is being offered by a US Army intelligence officer fed up with the conflict and anxious to attract some attention to what he says is a viable and face-saving solution to the four-year-old conflict. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Nerds are not usually the most popular group in school. Intelligence seems to be inversely correlated with popularity - generally speaking of course. Why is this? And why does it seem even more so for african-americans? picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago

Intelligence is taking a hit in England. Wednesday, on two separate incidences highly classified documents were left on trains. The first one involved Al Qaeda and Iraq. The second set left on a different train detailed strategy on tackling terrorist funding, drugs trafficking and money laundering. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

The CIA will declassify hundreds of pages of long-secret records detailing some of the intelligence agency's worst illegal abuses including accounts of break-ins and theft, the agency's opening of private mail, drug tests on citizens and more. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

In 1994, nearly 200 judges from the Canadian and U.S. Kennel Clubs were asked to complete a questionairre about the characteristics of various dog breeds, most notably the intelligence level of these breeds. The intelligence ratings were based on how many repetitions it took for a certain breed to master a new command. picked by power832 1 year ago

They're quick and not that easy (for an old lady, at least).

Gives you a score at the end and a measure of your intelligence (allegedly, yeah, I'm pretty much hovering just above average). picked by dollyllama 12 months ago

or "How German Intelligence Helped Justify the US Invasion of Iraq" picked by suckersklub 5 months ago

Subtle refinements in brain architecture, rather than large-scale alterations, make us smarter than other animals picked by BernardBlack 3 days ago

Sadly it's all artificial.

Edd Hifeng is a Second Life player controlled not by a human, but by another computer.

At the moment it's quite limited, but its creators have high hopes. picked by pocksucket 3 months ago

A study of 240,000 Norwegian men says eldest children have IQs 2 to 3 points greater than younger siblings'. picked by pjanaway 1 year ago

Until now, it had been widely assumed that the kind of mental ability that allows us to solve new problems without having any relevant previous experience — what psychologists call fluid intelligence — is innate and cannot be taught (though people can raise their grades on tests of it by practicing). picked by deEPCHill 4 months ago

British teenagers will be taught "emotional intelligence" in school in an attempt to counter a growing lack of civility, say school officials. Classes to combat rudeness, violence and antisocial behavior are to be added to the national curriculum, the London-based Independent reported Sunday. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Until Hayden's comments before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence today, no senior U.S. intelligence official had publicly acknowledged the technique. picked by mahler87 7 months ago

Some day it may also be the path intelligence officials take to produce the president's daily intelligence briefing. "Yikes!" picked by Bornbad 2 years ago