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title: "#14 Hacking the Mind with Software - Dr. Mark A. Smith Interview - Limitless Mindset"
description: Dr. Smith has created the IQ Mindware line of apps and software proven to increase IQ, fluid intelligence, and working memory.
author: Jonathan Roseland
url: https://www.limitlessmindset.com/podcast/173-hacking-the-mind-software
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# #14 Hacking the Mind with Software - Dr. Mark A. Smith Interview

Ⓒ By **Jonathan Roseland**

Applied Neuroscience Strategist, K-Selected Biohacker, Tantric husband, Promethean peaceful parent, Adventuring philosopher, Raconteur, and Author. He spent +14 years researching the intersection of human performance enhancement and advanced personal growth in his obsessive quest - spanning three continents - to find real-life "NZT-48."

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![Dr Mark Ashton Smith](https://www.limitlessmindset.com/images/stories/blog/Dr-Mark-Ashton-Smith.png)In this episode, we discuss biohacking our minds with *Mark Ashton Smith, Ph.D.*

A Cognitive Neuroscientist who obtained his doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University of Pittsburgh. He is a lecturer at Cambridge University and head of the psychology department of the University of Cyprus.
Dr. Smith has created the [IQ Mindware](https://www.limitlessmindset.com/IQ-Mindware) line of apps and software proven to increase IQ, fluid intelligence, and working memory.

Listen to this podcast on the go, while doing something that supports your Neuroplasticity (like aerobic exercise)...

**In this episode we discuss**

- Objective ways to measure and improve in a quantifiable the various types of intelligence.
- How brain training software can affect our day-to-day life, career, relationships, and communication skills.
- Sharpening the working memory; the "scratchpad" of the mind that we use to solve problems.
- Jonathan's perfectly average IQ.
- What is the N-Back and what has it been proven to do?
- Brain training and language learning.
- Working memory training and neuroplasticity.
- Why you must brain train for at least 4 weeks.
- Do you get stupider when you STOP brain training?

## IQ Mindware's products

**Guarantee**: the following results from the first 20 sessions:

- 10-20 point IQ increase on a valid IQ test.
- +40% short-term/working memory increase.

**Commitment**: 20 training sessions of 20-30 minutes

![intelligence IQ software podcast](https://www.limitlessmindset.com/images/stories/blog/intelligence-softwarepodcast.jpg)

**Links**:
Mark Ashton Smith, Ph.D. on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/#!/IQMindware)
[Anders Jensen IQ Test](https://personalityanalysistest.com/average-iq/anders-jensens-iq-test-iq-test-guide-iq-test-center/)

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