Welcome! This programme is built on three simple pillars—binaural-beat entrainment, n-back capacity training and cognitive-map strategy practice—all grounded in the Trident G theory of intelligence. Below we’ll explain:

1. What we mean by “intelligence”

2. How the three training components work together

3. Creative vs Control Modes—why toggling matters

4. From Fluid Reasoning to Crystallised Mastery (Gf → Gc)

5. Your 24-day schedule at a glance

6. What improvements to expect—and how we’ll measure them

1. Defining Intelligence: Gf + Resilience (r)

Fluid intelligence (Gf): your capacity to reason with new information—solving puzzles or unfamiliar problems (think Raven’s Progressive Matrices).
Cognitive resilience (r): your ability to bounce between rigid control and creative flexibility, recovering from setbacks and adapting under stress.

Intelligence = Gf × r
We train both: Gf with n-back and schema binding, and r by cycling through control ↔ creativity via specific brain rhythms.

2. Three Pillars of Training

2.1 Binaural-Beat Entrainment (10 min)
Listen to simple tones (δ 3 Hz, α 10 Hz, β 15 Hz) just before or during your n-back session to nudge your brain into the desired oscillatory regime:

• δ (delta, 3 Hz): primes your brain for schema integration (critical/Gf)

• α (alpha, 10 Hz): locks in focused control (subcritical/Ct or neutral/Gc)

• β (beta, 15 Hz): boosts precision and speed (subcritical/Ct)

2.2 N-Back Capacity Training
Each day you’ll spend 20 minutes on a dual n-back variant that targets different oscillatory “forks” in the Trident G model, expanding working-memory updating and attentional control.

2.3 Cognitive-Map Strategy Training
Immediately after n-back, you train one spatial or graphical strategy (e.g. node-branch maps, frequency grids, Venn diagrams). These externalise relations into a map format, engaging your hippocampus and boosting far transfer to real-world reasoning.

3. Creative vs Control Modes

Our brains operate along two complementary modes:

• Control Mode (Stability):
  • Focused, precise processing—ideal for consolidating new skills, verifying solutions and executing well-practised routines.
  • Recruits “stability” circuits (D₁-dopamine tagging) to sharpen accuracy and avoid distractions.

• Creative Mode (Flexibility):
  • Exploratory, broad processing—necessary for generating hypotheses, brainstorming strategies and adapting when the usual approach fails.
  • Engages “flexibility” circuits (D₂-dopamine tagging) to expand your search and discover novel solutions.

Why toggle?
Good problem-solving demands both: use control to confirm and refine, then switch to creative to break out of dead ends and innovate. The Trident G drills explicitly train you to move fluidly between these modes.

4. From Fluid Reasoning to Crystallised Mastery (Gf → Gc)

Learning any new strategy follows two phases:

1. Acquisition (Gf):
   • Initial exploration—testing, error-driven updates, hypothesis generation.
   • Heavy reliance on working memory and fluid reasoning to grasp novel concepts.

2. Consolidation (Gc):
   • Automated skill—fast retrieval of strategies, little effort, high reliability.
   • Transition from effortful “thinking about thinking” to seamless execution.

How we build Gc:

• Daily practice of each strategy, immediately after n-back, cements the skill.

• Regular checkpoints (game performance + quick quizzes) ensure no concept slips through.

• Integration sessions (Days 21–24) force you to weave strategies together, forging a unified, transferable toolkit.

3. Your 24-Day Schedule

(You can use a 10-minute entrainment primer immediately before or during each n-back block to set the oscillatory state.) You can experiment to choose.

• gf (Fluid Intelligence): Your capacity to reason through novel problems and adapt to unfamiliar situations, independent of prior knowledge.

• Gc (Crystallised Intelligence): Your repository of learned skills, facts and strategies that you can apply automatically and efficiently.

• ct (Control Mode): The focused, stable state that emphasises precision, inhibition of distractions and execution of well-practised routines.

• cr (Creative Mode): The flexible, exploratory state that facilitates idea generation, divergent thinking and adaptation to new challenges.

• r (Cognitive Resilience): Your ability to bounce between control and creative modes, recover from setbacks and sustain performance under stress.

4. What Improvements to Expect

We’ll administer these tests at regular intervals to track your progress scientifically.