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* Brain scans showed strengthened connections between frontal and parietal regions associated with reasoning, compared with the control group. Such changes are interesting, but they do not by themselves show improved reasoning ability.
* Brain scans showed strengthened connections between frontal and parietal regions associated with reasoning, compared with the control group. Such changes are interesting, but they do not by themselves show improved reasoning ability.
'''Summary:'''
In short, the research supports the claims that LSAT preparation improves LSAT performance and certain reasoning skills beyond the test, but not that it improves general intellectual ability.
=== Second study: Improvement on an unfamiliar reasoning task ===
=== Second study: Improvement on an unfamiliar reasoning task ===