One year experiment.
Hello everyone. Starting from today, I'm determined to follow this schedule. The goal is to increase/maximize g.
Cognitive training:
- Quad N-Back (30 minutes, every second day), https://brainworkshop.sourceforge.net/
- Syllogimous v4 (30 minutes, 5-6 times a week), https://4skinskywalker.github.io/Syllogimous-v4/Intro
Additional factors:
- Reading (primarily philosophy and classical literature)
- Learning a new language.
- Spend less time on passive social media consumption.
- Vitamins: B6, B9, B12 and Omega-3.
I did take two (quite reliable) IQ tests, one year ago.
CORE, https://cognitivemetrics.com/test/CORE
- Information: 120
- Matrix Reasoning: 110
- Graph Mapping: 105
- Figure Weights: 110
- Figure Sets: 95
- Visuzal Puzzles: 115
- Block Counting: 120
- Symbol Search: 90
- Character Pairing: 95
Didn't take any other verbal subtests besides general knowledge, since English is not my mother tongue. Same reason for Digit Span and Arithmetic, I simply memorize and calculate faster, if the task is presented in my native language. Though I took CAIT Digit Span a long time ago (there is an option for a language change), and I scored something like ~105-110 overall, with Digit Sequencing being the lowest and Digit Backwards the highest.
FSAS (103), https://cognitivemetrics.com/test/FSAS
- Analogies: 105
- Matrix Reasoning: 100
After a year of training, I will go through CORE and FSAS again, in order to get an objective view of my cognitive abilities. Practice effects should be minimal anyway. I will likely continue for several more years, adding Image Streaming, or further changing my lifestyle.