A team led by University College London (UCL) and University College London Hospitals (UCLH) researchers has mapped the parts of the brain that support our ability to solve problems without prior experience – otherwise known as fluid intelligence. Fluid intelligence is arguably the defining featu
A team of researchers has identified the areas of the brain that enable us to solve problems without prior experience, also known as fluid intelligence. This type of intelligence is considered to be a key aspect of human cognition and is linked to a range of cognitive abilities, including memory, as well as educational and professional success, social mobility, health, and longevity.
Fluid intelligence is thought to be a key feature involved in “active thinking” – a set of complex mental processes such as those involved in abstraction, judgment, attention, strategy generation, and inhibition. These skills can all be used in everyday activities – from organizing a dinner party to filling out a tax return.
Consequently, previous studies have mainly used functional imaging techniques – which can be misleading. Their approach treated the relations between brain regions as a mathematical network whose connections describe the tendency of regions to be affected together, either because of the disease process or in reflection of common cognitive ability.
Lead author, Professor Lisa Cipolotti , said: “Our findings indicate for the first time that the right frontal regions of the brain are critical to the high-level functions involved in fluid intelligence, such as problem-solving and reasoning.
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