prof. david passig - bio-sketch
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Prof. David Passig - Bio-sketch
Prof. David Passig is a futurist, lecturer, consultant and best-selling author
who specializes in technological, social and educational futures.
Prof. Passig is Associate Professor at Bar-Ilan University (BIU), Ramat-Gan,
Israel, where he teaches at the Graduate School of Education.
His courses include: Systems Theories, Future Methodologies, and
Technological, Social and Educational Futures. He heads BIU's Graduate
Program in Communication Technologies as well as BIU's Virtual Reality
Laboratory.
Prof. Passig has consulted for many corporations as well as public and
private sector institutes. He is the chair in one of his own FutureCode Ltd.,
which develops and employs tool kits of computerized Futures methods in
decision making processes. He has consulted in Israel, Asia, Europe and
North America. He has served as the chief advisor to the Commissioner for
Future Generations in the Israeli Knesset. Among his many activities, he is
a member of the Israeli National Council for R&D.
Prof. Passig's bestseller books are The Future Code and 2048. Each has
received Israel's coveted Gold Book Award. His most recent book,
Forcognito – The Future Mind, was published in Jan. 2013 and is at the top
of the Israeli best seller list. www.thefuturecode.com
Prof. Passig holds a Ph.D. degree in Future Studies from the University of
Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Enhancing intelligence with
Virtual Reality
Prof. David Passig Futurist, Head Grad Program in ICT
Head Virtual Reality Lab Bar-Ilan University Israel
www.passig.com
Flynn Effect
Prof. Flynn Has found that the IQ of people tested between 1947-2001 has increased by 17 points on average worldwide.
This augmented IQ has accelerated
lately. During the 70s he calculated the
average increase to be 0.31 points annually.
During the 90s the average increase
was found to be 0.36 points annually.
Flynn’s books
IQ differences by nations
Pickrell, Coop, Novembre, et. al., (2009). Signals of recent positive selection in a worldwide
sample of Human Populations. Genome Research, 19: 826-837.
The reasons for the augmentation?
Better education?
Better nutrition?
Maybe something
in our
technologies?
Enhancing cognitive skills with VR
Ameliorating induction and deduction skills
Ameliorating mental rotation skills
Ameliorating time perception
Ameliorating space cognition
Ameliorating tests skills
Ameliorating memory
Ameliorating test anxiety
Ameliorating language skills
Ameliorating dyslexia
Simulating Toddlers’ Initial
Cognitive Experiences
Passig, D., Klein, P. & Neuman, T. (2001). Awareness to Toddlers’ Initial Cognitive
Experiences with Virtual Reality. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 17(4),
332-344.
Simulating Dyslexia
Passig, D., Eden, S. & Rosembaum, V. (2008). The Impact of Virtual Reality on Parents' Awareness of
Cognitive Perceptions of a Dyslectic Child. Education and Information Technologies, 13(4), 329-344.
Passig, D. (2011). The impact of Virtual Reality on educators’ awareness of the cognitive experiences
of a dyslectic student. Teachers College Record, 113(1), 181-204.
Enhancing deductions & inductions
Passig, D. & Eden, S. (2000). Enhancing the Induction Skill of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
Children with Virtual Reality. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 5(3) 277-
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Improving analogical thinking
Passig, D. & Miler, T. (2014). Solving conceptual and perceptual analogies with Virtual
Reality among kindergarten children of emigrant families. Teachers College
Record. In press - March 2014, vol. 116(3)
Improving Time Perception
Passig, D. (2009). Improving the sequential time perception of teenagers with mild to
moderate mental retardation with 3D Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR). Journal of
Educational Computing Research. 40(3), 263-280.
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Enhancing perceptual analogies
Passig, D. and Eshel-Kedmi, G. (2012). The effect of mediated learning in three-
dimensional immersive environments on children's cognitive modifiability within
dynamic assessment. In submission.
CMB test (Zuriel, 1990)
Brain Machine Interface-BMI
Forcognito - The future mind, January 2013
The major characteristic of this marvelous organ called human mind is its ability to generate Futures Thinking.
Prof. Moshe Bar,
Neurophysiologist, Harvard
• Neurophysiology of FT
• Tools to develop and measure FT
• Enhancing IQ with Virtual Reality
• Tools to predict personal futures
Contact
Prof. David Passig Futurist, Bar Ilan U.
Head Grad Program in Info & Communication Tech
Head Virtual Reality Lab