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Jan 10, 2023

Brain Area Necessary for Fluid Intelligence Identified โ€” Defining Feature of Human Cognition

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, education, life extension, neuroscience

๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ซ๐ž๐š ๐๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ข๐ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ˆ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ โ€” ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

๐˜ผ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ข ๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™œ๐™š ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃ (๐™๐˜พ๐™‡) ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™œ๐™š ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก๐™จ (๐™๐˜พ๐™‡๐™ƒ) ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™—๐™ก๐™š๐™ข๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ค๐™ง ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š โ€” ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™จ๐™š ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™›๐™ก๐™ช๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™œ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š. ๐™๐™ก๐™ช๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™œ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™œ๐™ช๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™™๐™š๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™ช๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ. ๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™š๐™™๐™ช๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™›๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™จ๐™ช๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ, ๐™จ๐™ค๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™ข๐™ค๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ, ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ. ๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ก๐™จ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ง๐™ง๐™š๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™˜๐™ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ข๐™š๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ.


A team led by University College London (UCL) and University College London Hospitals (UCLH) researchers has mapped the parts of the brain that support our ability to solve problems without prior experience โ€“ otherwise known as fluid intelligence.

Fluid intelligence is arguably the defining feature of human cognition. It predicts educational and professional success, social mobility, health, and longevity. It also correlates with many cognitive abilities such as memory.

Fluid intelligence is thought to be a key feature involved in โ€œactive thinkingโ€ โ€“ a set of complex mental processes such as those involved in abstraction, judgment, attention, strategy generation, and inhibition. These skills can all be used in everyday activities โ€“ from organizing a dinner party to filling out a tax return.

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