Can Brain Games Make You Smarter? Probably Not, Scientists Say

Ten years ago, a series of studies revealed that brain games can boost memory and intellectual ability, making intelligence (once thought to be a fixed quality) as changeable as a muscle. These findings offered breakthroughs in treating traumatic brain injuries and other ailments. Two European scientists now have found that memory training games may yield improvement only in the task at hand, improvements that likely do not transfer to other measures of intelligence. Click here to read more from The New Yorker.