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Do stimulants increase the IQ tests score for everyone?
IQ in ADHD sufferers indeed increases with the treatment of stimulants, such as methylphenidate (Meyes et al., 1994). This is thought to rely on the attention-narrowing effect of stimulants, i.e., ...
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Does the Rubik's Cube increase mental ability?
Don't know of any research on the Rubik's Cube specifically. I did find this (https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.00750) but it looks like it was a presentation given by a mathematician at a mathematics ...
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Can the brain be enhanced by adding more neurons?
I'll try to tackle this question from a developmental vantage point.
You hit the nail on the head by saying
...the brain is just neural connections...
Indeed, the power of the brain is based on ...
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Do stimulants increase the IQ tests score for everyone?
Not about IQ as a whole alas, but I found a 2010 systematic review & meta-analysis "Modafinil and methylphenidate for neuroenhancement in healthy individuals: A systematic review", apparently the ...
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Does the Rubik's Cube increase mental ability?
See this new work by Valerie et al found some benefits:
https://repository.isls.org/handle/1/6719
Quoting from the paper:
Middle school students participated in four sessions of Rubik’s Cube
training ...
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