Saturday, September 11, 2010

A Cognitive Competition

For years society has been attempting to find a competitive way to gauge which individual a more apt brain. The first test that comes to mind when thinking of this subject is the IQ test. The human brain is an extremely complex organ which consists of many different regions that cater to various respective daily functions. With this in mind, the IQ test can be thought of as a vague, not a structured way of testing who contains better brain regions.

With social media networks such as Facebook and Foursquare at their peaks why not create a social game where people can compete on who has a better Temporal lobe, Occipital lobe, cerebellum, etc? Cognitive Scientists know tests that fire these distinct parts portions of the brain. If these tests can be turned into a game format the competitive nature of society will take over the prosperity of this idea.

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