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This Is Your Brain on Pollution (Ep. 472 Update)

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How to Score Better Than 70 % in a Fit Test

The three of us set out to play three games as part of lumosity's fit test. One game is said to measure mental flexibility, another memory and the third called train of thought. The results were in. Steven Levitt was the clear champion with an average percentile rank of 92. Angela duckworth was very consistent across the three different tasks but her average was lower 70 first per centile. A couple economists have found that even when e p a guide lines are seven below recommended levels, cognition is negatively effected by pollution.

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