Brighter Brains: Scientific American Mind

by James R. Flynn, David Biello, Ingrid Kiefer

This edition includes six fascinating "Solving the IQ Puzzle": Why is your IQ higher than your parents? It is because of the Flynn effect, says the person who coined the James R. Flynn.

"Searching for God in the Brain": Researchers are unearthing the roots of religious feeling in the experiences of nuns, Buddhists and others.

"Brain Food": Paying attention to what and when you eat can maximize your mental prowess.

"Feeding the Psyche": Why we crave chips and chocolate when we're upset or anxious - and how scientists are coming to conclusions about food and mood.

"Fantasy Therapy": Virtual computer worlds are helping people cope with phobias, eating disorders, and severe pain.

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Published November 19, 2007

About the author

James Robert Flynn, PhD, aka Jim Flynn, is Emeritus Professor of Political Studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, researches intelligence and is famous for his publications about the continued year-after-year increase of IQ scores throughout the world, which is now referred to as the Flynn effect. The Flynn Effect is the subject of a multiple author monograph published by the American Psychological Association in 1998. Originally from Washington DC and educated in Chicago, Flynn emigrated to New Zealand in 1963.