The "intelligence center" is found - a little above the eyebrows

Scientists claim to have discovered the area of ​​the brain responsible for solving problems

By Natalie Angier, New York Times

After many years of trying to estimate the number of brain cells involved in performing complex operations - such as solving tests that measure IQ - scientists discovered that only a small and specific area of ​​the brain is responsible for solving problems.

The study - published by Dr. John Ducannon and his colleagues from the Brain and Thinking Medical Research Unit at the University of Cambridge - was based on imaging the brains of people who solved the problems of clients from IQ tests. Some of the questions dealt with spatial problems, such as, for example, detecting the unusual shape out of four geometric shapes; and another part dealt in the verbal realm, such as finding the logic according to which series are arranged letters

The scientists wondered whether large parts of the brain would stand out on the imaging screens as test-takers sweated over their answers, or whether only a small part of the brain would light up and point to the center of intelligence.

It turned out that only a specific area stood out on the imaging screens while subjects answered both spatial and verbal questions. It is on the side of the frontal cortex and is located in each of the brain lobes. In the spatial questions the sides of the frontal cortex of the brain lit up in both lobes, while in the verbal questions only the side in the left lobe lit up. The area is located slightly above the back, where a person usually places their hand while meditating or daydreaming.

This is the same area that according to previous studies was also found to be essential for solving new and complex problems that require thinking about several things at the same time; and is responsible for filtering irrelevant information. "What we are witnessing is a global work surface for organizing and coordinating information and transferring it to other parts of the brain as needed," Diukannon said.

Now Dr. Diocannon and his colleagues will have to examine whether there are detectable differences in the response of the area they discovered between people who managed to get high scores on standardized IQ tests, compared to those who got low scores.

Deukanon believes that IQ tests reflect the activity of that part of the brain, and they actually determine how talented a person is in solving a wide variety of cognitive problems. "There are people who are blessed to have a work surface that works very efficiently," he added.

Deukanon and his colleagues seem to overestimate the importance of the frontal cortex so much so that it is referred to in the title of their paper as: "Neurological basis for general intelligence". However, it should be noted that the study does not answer some burning issues that preoccupy intelligence researchers.

For example, there are researchers who wonder whether the standardized IQ tests really succeed in testing a person's IQ, or whether they are subject to cultural or other bias.

Dr. Robert Sternberg, a psychologist at Yale University who wrote a response to the new study, said, “This is a very narrow view of intelligence. Many psychologists are obsessed with IQ tests, but these tests cannot tell us who will have a successful life and who will not." He even noted that the candidates for the presidential elections, Governor George Bush, Jr., and Vice President, Al Gore, achieved mediocre results in the verbal sections of the intelligence tests during their studies.
{Appeared in Haaretz newspaper, 23/7/2000{

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  1. Tzipi, maybe ask those who defame Sa'ar to identify themselves by their full name? Maybe then we will understand that they are Sa'ar's competitors and have an interest in discrediting a book publishing company that is considered the best of its kind in Israel?

  2. To all the defenders here of Sa'ar Publishing, please identify yourself with your real name and present the names of your books. Otherwise, surely you are nothing more than fictitious stakeholders on behalf of Sa'ar.

  3. Response 21 is Hugin's parable.
    Besides, "mercy on the cruel will end up being cruel to the merciful".
    After all, both are invalid.
    In fact, there is another level of reference to the whole and it does not belong either to this section or to the Internet in general.

  4. Ronit:
    Many of us know who "Hugin" is.

    Eddie:
    In my opinion there is no doubt that there is a connection between the shape and volume characteristics of the brain and its skills.
    Extreme cases are the shape and volume differences between the brains of humans and the brains of animals, but also the differences between microcephalus, Down syndrome and an ordinary person.
    There are other formal (more subtle) characteristics that have been discovered (for example, a formal and volumetric difference was discovered in the brain - I don't remember exactly which one at the moment - which characterizes a sexual orientation - that is, it has one form in homosexual men and women and a different form in normal men).

  5. A question for those who may know:
    Is it possible, in principle - a connection between formal or volumetric parameters (for example - the size of the frontal lobes in the cerebrum) to the shape and degree of 'development' and the size of the skull in the areas that overlap the lobes?

    I am familiar with the claim that science has denied phrenology any scientific validity, and the truth is that I am not well versed in the issue at all. But I remember that about 20 years ago I read a book that discussed the diagnosis of mental and intellectual skills and qualities (mainly) according to the characteristics of the size and shape of the parts of the face and the skull (mainly - the forehead), according to Chinese tradition, and there the positions of the lobes and the shape of the forehead in these positions were attributed crucial importance Regarding the level of intelligence.
    I wonder if the intuitions of the Chinese tradition have any objective basis. Over the years, I tried to examine the assertion of that Chinese Torah regarding the locations of the lobes, in a completely sporadic manner, and my impression was that there was something, apparently, in the Chinese's explanation. But it is very possible that my approach was biased. In any case, an answer to the question I posed above could perhaps indicate whether the assertion of the Chinese Torah has a basis in reality.

  6. I published a book by Sa'ar Publishing and it was in many bookstores. For two weeks it was even on the tables in the middle of the stores.
    The book was also presented during the Hebrew Book Week. The publisher, Hanoch, told me that he knew who Hugin was and showed me photographs in which her book (Hugin is a pseudonym) is displayed at Sa'ar stands.

  7. I don't understand Hugin's attack on Saar publishing. I published my two books there and they were sold and edited according to my expectations.

  8. to Anat,
    A writer who writes things concerning eternal principles is not bothered by the fact that his books were not found at a given moment. When the right moment and the right desire come, the wonderful "realities" are suddenly revealed right before his eyes. That's how it works.
    And surprisingly to me too.

  9. I'm sorry to say, but this explains everything - if your book is published by Sa'ar, you will certainly not find it and no one will get to see it or buy it in stores.

  10. Well, of course 'they' and he.. are more important than all the 'unknown' writers who also finance his famous Indian 'book'. :)
    But, we (as my family) were brought up to allow others to express themselves first, so it doesn't bother me to be the 'latest' or even the 'last'.
    Anyway, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

  11. It seems to me that Raanan is suffering from diarrhea here. He simply responds unconsciously even when he has nothing to say. He passes by every article and like a dog raises a leg and marks territory

  12. Hugin:
    I learn from every person but only the good things he says.
    There is, for example, one link that Raan brought once as part of an ethical discussion that I return to and have been using ever since.
    I don't adopt things because someone said them and I don't reject them for that reason.
    The only criterion is that of conformity to reality and logic.
    I also think - and I even wrote this in another discussion - that not only personality traits are important for personal success and that circumstances are just as important.
    In contrast to Raanin in the current discussion - when I asserted this claim I also provided support for it.
    This is what I thought Raan intended to say at the beginning of the current debate, so I only suggested that he correct the wording, but then it turned out that Raan did not mean that at all and that his claim - to exaggerate it a bit - is that it is not only the personal qualities that determine what the personal qualities are.
    This is of course nonsense that I do not intend to adopt.

  13. Honestly, I am very moved that you looked for the book.
    The book, indeed, was published by the "Saar" publishing house in Tel Aviv when Hanoch (the owner of the publishing house) was living at 39 Bezel Street in Tel Aviv. After publishing my book in November 2007, he moved to 7 Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv.
    If you didn't find my book in his publication, there are probably 'celebrities' - 'more important' than me in his knowledge,, and he doesn't understand his duty,, or... maybe you deserve a personal gift from me after all after my horrible "abuse" on your nice website: )
    In any case: My dear Ishi is now telling me that the book is indeed found at the Kings of Israel/Rabin square in Tel Aviv (according to the testimony of one of his co-workers:)
    Not bad, maybe the delay is good.

  14. Hugin, I didn't find any publisher named Hanoch Sarar in the book week. There is Saar Publishing but it is a big publisher and besides that there are no Gershiim. And among their books I didn't find any of your books.

  15. Refresh, thanks again
    And continue to refresh matters and gray cells on the site, for their revival :)

  16. Hugin,

    There is no connection between the article and the theory of phrenology, which was popular 200 years ago but today is considered pseudoscience and fraud.
    The theory of phrenology claimed that there is a connection between the structure of the ** skull ** and the character of a person.
    The article does not talk about the skull but about the functioning of different areas of the brain.

    According to Encyclopedia Britannica:
    "Phrenology was wholly discredited by scientific research"

    It's time to move forward and stop clinging to outdated teachings that have been scientifically proven to be unreliable and not serious.

  17. A. As your name, and to my wish (my inner thoughts - which I have not yet expressed in outer words) you refresh with the knowledge of old and stimulating writings as if to think again and again, a little differently, and from repeated feedback.
    By the way, the points in the brain mentioned in the article are attributed to Gal's theory - the theory of phrenology from 200 years ago: to points 10 (memory, historical past) and 11 the ability to analyze situations analytically.
    But there are 42 points (sockets and bumps) in the skull as "faculties" of other areas of intelligence that 'adjust' and encode the general intelligence that is generally expressed in the "canopy of the sky". 🙄 😆 🙂
    Michael: You will learn refreshingly :)
    By the way, on 19/20-6 there is a senior conference of astrologers from around the world and Israel at Beit Zioni America... Nana.

  18. Notice, I argued that money is only one component out of many that make up intelligence, luck is also a component of intelligence, as I mentioned in response 1.

  19. Refresh, and what about lottery winnings or other lotteries?
    Do they also depend on intelligence?
    And what about people with a high IQ who are not interested in making money in life and choose to be singers or artists for example?

    And as for the fool and his money will soon part ways, last week there was a story about a woman who threw away a mattress with $100000 in it...

  20. fresh:
    There are all kinds of proverbs and not all nonsense should be internalized.
    If you didn't understand it - my condolences.

  21. Lol
    There is a saying that "a fool and his money will soon part"
    If you haven't internalized it yet, then my condolences.

  22. fresh:
    Are you trying to tell us that this is not a distortion of the words but that this is really your opinion?
    My condolences.

  23. The parents' bank account is, in my opinion, a pretty good measure of intelligence and it is definitely part of a filter of many other parameters that make up the big word "intelligence".
    Money does not tend to accumulate in stupid people.

  24. fresh:
    You got the words a little confused.
    You rightly argue that intelligence is not everything.
    But of course it does not follow from this that IQ tests are not a good measure of intelligence and it certainly does not follow that a successful life thanks to the parents' bank account is a measure of intelligence at all.

  25. Indeed, the IQ tests cannot tell us who will have a successful life and who will not, because they do not take into account variables such as the bank account, the degree of attractiveness of the external appearance, luck, etc.
    and therefore they are not a good measure of intelligence, the best measure of intelligence is a successful and enjoyable life (although success and pleasure are different things for different people, still no one enjoys losing money for example or experiencing pain and sorrow, so the definition is accurate and objective enough), and if not, So who cares about intelligence.

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