Fluid intelligence involves problems solving and the way we think, whereas crystallized intelligence involves the facts we learn.Previously it was thought that the IQ upper limit is just that and based on genetics.
Elementary and middle school children from Detroit began IQ training for 15 minutes a day using something called the "n-back task"which involves remembering the location of a character, ignoring extraneous information and focusing on when the character returns to it's original location. The task was designed to help the children learn to focus, to separate what needed to be remembered from what didn't.
IQ is a tricky business though. Having a high IQ doesn't necessarily translate into "success" in life. It does indeed measure a form of intelligence but is by no means the end all and be all.
Check out the article from Wired Science:
IQ Boost With N-Back Task
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