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HOW TO THINK YOURSELF SMART

Staring down at the Sunday newspaper crossword, unable to work out nine down, you might be left questioning your intelligence and wondering if there’s a way to sharpen your know-how. In recent years digital stores have been flooded with a host of different ‘brain-training’ apps all promising to help us think ourselves smart,

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