What do you know? Ann Arbor is the nation's 6th "brainiest" metro area (5th among the under-35 set!) The bright minds behind Lumosity say so.
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"In the knowledge age, "smart" cities and metros have a considerable economic advantage. Economists like Harvard's Edward Glaeser have shown how urban and regional economic growth turn on education levels or so-called "human capital"...
But what about more direct measures of "brain performance"?
Last year, I mapped America's "brainiest" metros, using new measures and rankings developed by Lumos Labs via their online brain-performance program, Lumosity...
This year's analysis is significantly expanded, based on data from 2.4 million users. The rankings cover five key cognitive areas: memory, processing speed, flexibility, attention, and problem solving....
While we usually think of the knowledge economy as having a strong bi-coastal orientation, most of Lumosity's top 25 brainiest places are in the Midwest."
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