A recent study out of Massachussetts General Hospital found that meditating actually increases the thickness of the brain in areas involved in attention and sensory processing.

Besides genetics, there are many different things that determine a child’s intelligence.

• Quality of diet
• Quality of schools and teachers
• How much of an enriched environment they’re exposed to (before they even start school)
• the mother’s diet and overall state of health during the 9 months of pregnancy

Studies of students at colleges report that a whopping 16% or more had tried Ritalin.  This sort of thing was unheard of back in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s.

With drug company profits in excess of $3 billion per year for ADHD drugs alone, I’m almost inclined to post a link to a picture of what a real drug kingpin looks like…

A fairly recent study showed that zinc supplementation can improve brain power.

can be increased. At least in elderly folks.

A very simple way for older folks to improve their IQ and brain power is to make sure their senses are working as best they can be. Quite of bit of research over the last few years has shown that when sensory perception is abnormal in elderly people, brain performance suffers and IQ drops-

Over the last 15 years several studies have revealed how music can boost brain power.

• One study found students with music training scored 52 points higher on the verbal portion and 37 points higher on the math portion of the "old" SAT than students with no such training