Now more than ever getting an advanced degree seems like a smart move. But with an increasing number of people applying to graduate school you'll need to ace the particular entrance test you're going to take. You can set yourself apart from the crowd by using brain fitness training as a way of boosting your problem-solving ability prior to taking the test.
Standardized entrance tests such as the GRE, MCAT and LSAT all aim to assess your problem-solving and analytical skills. But to increase those skills you need to increase your fluid or innate intelligence which has for a long time been thought impossible. Last year however university researchers showed that it is possible to increase fluid intelligence and general problem-solving ability with a new kind of brain fitness training exercise.
With a test group comprised of graduate students from the University of Bern the research team used training software to progressively increase the students' visual and aural working-memory. With 20 days, the fluid intelligence for each person in the trained group increased by at least 40% over and above that of a control group. A dramatic increase promising great benefits to students everywhere.
Since the team released its findings just last Spring, most of your graduate-school competitors won't yet be aware this new test-prep approach. And, as an added bonus, working-memory training, unlike regular test prep, will give you an advantage in school as well as in the test, since it boosts your overall attention and general problem-solving skills.
But before you click away to purchase a brain training program, make sure you're buying the right one. This specific training method is known as "dual n-back" working-memory training. (To shortcut your search, and in the interests of full disclosure, I was so impressed with the research that I used the dual n-back training method for my company's Mind Sparke brain training program, Brain Fitness Pro.)
With the economy receding and the job market tightening, signing up for an advanced degree is a smart move. Preparing your brain for the tests ahead by training your working-memory and increasing your problem-solving ability is doubly smart. - 14915
Standardized entrance tests such as the GRE, MCAT and LSAT all aim to assess your problem-solving and analytical skills. But to increase those skills you need to increase your fluid or innate intelligence which has for a long time been thought impossible. Last year however university researchers showed that it is possible to increase fluid intelligence and general problem-solving ability with a new kind of brain fitness training exercise.
With a test group comprised of graduate students from the University of Bern the research team used training software to progressively increase the students' visual and aural working-memory. With 20 days, the fluid intelligence for each person in the trained group increased by at least 40% over and above that of a control group. A dramatic increase promising great benefits to students everywhere.
Since the team released its findings just last Spring, most of your graduate-school competitors won't yet be aware this new test-prep approach. And, as an added bonus, working-memory training, unlike regular test prep, will give you an advantage in school as well as in the test, since it boosts your overall attention and general problem-solving skills.
But before you click away to purchase a brain training program, make sure you're buying the right one. This specific training method is known as "dual n-back" working-memory training. (To shortcut your search, and in the interests of full disclosure, I was so impressed with the research that I used the dual n-back training method for my company's Mind Sparke brain training program, Brain Fitness Pro.)
With the economy receding and the job market tightening, signing up for an advanced degree is a smart move. Preparing your brain for the tests ahead by training your working-memory and increasing your problem-solving ability is doubly smart. - 14915
About the Author:
Oxford-trained scientist, author, and technologist, Martin G. Walker is a member of The British Neuroscience Association, Learning and The Brain, and MENSA. His company Mind Evolve Software publishes free information on the field of neuroscience and brain training as well as effective and affordable brain fitness software under the brand name Mind Sparke.
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