Brain Fitness Training for Post-Grad Entrance Exams
Posted by
patrick
Does the idea of applying for graduate school make you shudder at the thought of prepping for yet another standardized test? Don't you wish there was a way to increase your score that wouldn't feel like a waste of time? Brain fitness training may be just the answer you're looking for.
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.
A team from the Universities of Michigan and Bern have demonstrated that we can increase our fluid intelligence by training our working-memory. The scientists devised a novel training protocol that progressively stretches and strengthens visual and aural working-memory with a single exercise. With just 19 days of training, the fluid intelligence scores for each person in the trained group increased by at least 40% more than those in a control group. This kind of cognitive improvement will lead to a significant benefit for anyone taking a graduate school entry test.
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 reeling and the job market becoming increasingly tight, improving your marketability with an advanced degree is a smart move. Training your working-memory to prepare your mind for the rigors of standardized tests and graduate school classes is doubly smart.
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.
A team from the Universities of Michigan and Bern have demonstrated that we can increase our fluid intelligence by training our working-memory. The scientists devised a novel training protocol that progressively stretches and strengthens visual and aural working-memory with a single exercise. With just 19 days of training, the fluid intelligence scores for each person in the trained group increased by at least 40% more than those in a control group. This kind of cognitive improvement will lead to a significant benefit for anyone taking a graduate school entry test.
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 reeling and the job market becoming increasingly tight, improving your marketability with an advanced degree is a smart move. Training your working-memory to prepare your mind for the rigors of standardized tests and graduate school classes is doubly smart.
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 training software under the brand name Mind Sparke.
Posts
Post a Comment