By: Joe Serwach, U-M News Service
Wednesday, May 21, 2008


http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=6518

Visiting Scholars Susanne Jäggi and Martin Buschkuehl in the news

From the news release:

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Brain-training efforts designed to improve working memory can also boost scores in general problem-solving ability and improve fluid intelligence, according to new University of Michigan research.

"Considering the fundamental importance of fluid intelligence in everyday life and its predictive power for a large variety of intellectual tasks and professional success, we believe that our findings may be highly relevant to applications in education," U-M psychology researchers Susanne Jaeggi and Martin Buschkuehl concluded.

The research is detailed in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)....

This research has been picked up by media outlets around the globe. To read the entire article, see the News Service website at http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=6518.