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In the latest issue of the Mensa Research Journal, we attempt to unravel the mysteries of sleep and its effect on the brain, including how sleep deprivation affects attention and cognitive control; sleep spindles and their role in memory reprocessing and consolidation; and how napping may prove beneficial to brain health, especially in older adults.

For decades, the Mensa Foundation has presented awards to individuals around the world, members of Mensa and nonmembers alike. Its latest recognition and extension of support comes in the form of Dissertation and Early Career Mini-Grants, to be awarded to doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers for research related to intelligence or gifted education.

The summer 2019 Mensa Research Journal surveys the various aspects of memory, including the effects of memory on learning and cognition, successful memory aging, working memory performance, and memory, attention, and cognitive control.

Ground-breaking, inspirational, creative, innovative — these are all words that apply to the winners of the 2019 Mensa Foundation awards. For decades, the Foundation has honored individuals around the world who are making giant strides to advance knowledge, education and research.

Like the brain, studying human intelligence can be curious, particularly when it comes to correlating quantitative measurements with specific biological factors. That is what makes so impressive the research of Dr. Aron K. Barbey, winner of the 2019 Mensa Foundation Prize.

Rather than the usual examination of a single topic, the latest Mensa Research Journal takes a look at past Mensa Foundation Lifetime Achievement and Excellence in Research awards winners.

The Mensa Foundation has appointed Charlie Steinhice as its Vice President, replacing Eldon Romney, who is leaving the board after six years of service.

The November issue of the Mensa Research Journal looks at the current research into prodigies, polymaths, savants, and creative genuises.

It’s one of most fulfilling feelings — helping students flourish achieve their potential through education. Volunteer today to help support the Mensa Foundation's College Scholarship Program.

Society has worked to strike an acceptable balance between personal privacy and public security as long as the two concepts have existed. Colloquium 2019 will explore how privacy rights have been transformed in the digital age and how they may yet change.

The Mensa Education and Research Foundation annually doles out more than $100,000 in scholarships, ranging from $600 to $2,500, to Mensa members and non-members alike.

Designed to help teachers acquire a master’s degree in gifted education, the Foundation's Gifted Education Fellowship has a value of $5,000 per year and is renewable for one year.

While this journal has always looked at human intelligence, we should also look at artificial intelligence, specifically that connection between human and artificial intelligence.

Congratulations to the winners of this year's Foundation awards, which recognize the research and support of intelligence both nationally and internationally.

Our latest issue is devoted to the work of Dr. Howard Gardner, winner of the Foundation’s 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award. Inside, you'll find developments on Dr. Gardner's Multiple Intelligences theory, including neuroscience reports and research testing the validity and reliability of the scaling.

AAM President Scott Paul will explore the public policy and global issues affecting the manufacturing industry and how the United States can compete in the 21st century and beyond.

The Mensa Education & Research Foundation’s Board of Trustees in December added three new members to the now 12-person board.

The topic of our latest issue, “Math and IQ,” would seem to indicate that there is a direct correlation between these two subjects. As some of the research in this issue shows, this is not necessarily so.

CALLING ALL READERS! We need you to spend some time, a few hours in late January or early February, to score scholarship essays.

David Silver, who led Google’s efforts to develop the first computer program to defeat the world’s best Go players, was named winner of the inaugural Mensa Foundation Prize honoring discoveries in intelligence and creativity.