THE SCIENCE BEHIND CLEVER STUDENTS

Smarter Students are hardwired differently, research claims: It might sound unbelievable but fact is that brains of clever students really are wired differently, according to a new research.

It allows them to absorb important facts quickly -while blocking out irrelevant information suggests the study, reported by Daily Mail.

Scientists use MRI scans on more than 100 volunteers to shed light on the nature of intelligence. They had already areas of the brain that control IQ  -and now they have uncovered the mechanism behind it.

But let's not lose hope because it could even be possible for people to make themselves more intelligent with brain taring games, for instance, say researchers.

Challenging tasks may help in the development of networks in the brain -encouraging different parts to interact.

The breakthrough could lead to major new understandings of how the human brain works and  Alzheimer disease, and other neurological disorders.

Psychologist Dr. Ulrike Basten from Goethe University of Frankfurt and her colleagues found regions interact more closely in brainy individuals  -while others 'de-couple', or disconnect, themselves.

In more intelligent people, certain regions are clearly more strongly involved in the exchange of information between different 'sub networks' of neurons. This enables important information to be communicated faster and more efficiently.

On the other hand, the researchers also identified areas that are disconnected, or  'de-coupled', from the rest of the brain in brightest people.

They believe this result in better protection against distracting and irrelevant material.

Dr. Basten said. ''We assume network properties we have found in more intelligent persons help us to focus mentally and ignore suppress irrelevant, potentially distracting inputs.''

The causes of these associations remain an open question at present, suggesting it may be possible for people to become brainy.

''It is possible that due to their biological predispositions, some individual develop brainy networks that favor intelligent behaviours or more challenging cognitive tasks,'' said Dr. Basten.

Also, daydreaming might be a sign of an efficient, creative mind, a recent study suggests.

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology found that people whose minds tend to wander from the task at hand tend to score higher for intelligence and creativity.

When they compared the scores at brain scans of the study participants, they found that daydreamers may just have more efficient brains, leaving them with leftover cognitive energy for thoughts other than the task at hand.

The research team hopes that their new findings will help to determine when wandering minds can be helpful or harmful to learning and attention.