Beyond IQ: Scientific Tools for Training Problem Solving, Intuition, Emotional Intelligence, Creativity, and More by Garth Sundem is a helpful guide that delineates activities to enhance your cognitive ability.
IQ (Intelligence Quotient) is important but your mental ability is comprised of many other factors. Sundem discusses a number of factors leading to your mental acuity. The chapters address the following topics:
Insight
Practical Intelligence
Problem-solving
Creativity
Intuition
Your Brain on Technology
Experise
Working Memory
Keeping Intelligence
Wisdom
Performance Under Pressure
Emotional Intelligence
Willpower
Multitasking
Heuristics and Biases
Each chapter provides a brief description of the topic along with recent research and a number of cognitive exercises. You will find a number of helpful principles and exercises to enhance your thinking skills. The chapter on Multitasking is well written revealing a balanced approach supported by recent research.
If you’re looking to enhance your mental ability, you may find this a helpful resource. (I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.)
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