CronoDAS comments on Intelligence Amplification Open Thread - Less Wrong

46 Post author: Will_Newsome 15 September 2010 08:39AM

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Comment author: jacob_cannell 15 September 2010 04:06:00PM 1 point [-]

Yvain, are there any cognitive tests that can measure creativity?

I'm also curious about nootropics that improve focus and or mood, which seems to difficult to measure. Coffee and aderall work in this category, but I wonder how you test other potential nootropics for those effects.

Comment author: CronoDAS 16 September 2010 07:34:03AM 1 point [-]

Are there any cognitive tests that can measure creativity?

I don't know how reliable it would be, but you can try a book of "lateral thinking puzzles."