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I am a lifetime member of lumosity for past few years. they used to have a beta-version game of "Dual-N-Back" which is the only one that might have some impact on brain. The irony is they removed it and keeping the useless ones; even keep modifying the UI of the same games again and again..
actually dual n back skills are also non-transferable.
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If there are, they would be as difficult to recognize as germ theory to a 16th century doctor. We simply don't know enough yet about the mechanism.
You don't need germ theory to notice that washing your hands before performing surgery improves outcomes.
Here's an article where he compares it to cold fusion: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/magazine/can-you-make-your...
Title should include "for healthy young adults" as in the study: "The researchers note limitations in the study, most importantly that they only looked at young, healthy people. Brain-training games may still prove useful for aging adults or people suffering from addiction or unhealthy behaviors, the researchers caution."
[1] we only studied marathon runners"
If you'd like to improve your memory I suspect you'd be far better off studying the masters from Aristotle to Dominic O'Brien whose memory palace techniques seem incontrovertibly proven if you consider the techniques of the winners of the world memory championships. [2] [3]
Finally, meditation is not causally linked to higher levels of grey matter but the research seems promising [4]
(I tried to find decent links but being at work can't spend a significant portion of time on the post, these should be good starting points for anyone interested).
[0] - http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/regular-exercise-changes-... [1] - https://www.livescience.com/46048-learning-new-language-brai... (sorry for the ads, and I think it autoplays a video :( ) [2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_memory [3] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_O%27Brien [4] - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150205142951.h...
Title should include "for healthy young adults" as in the study: "The researchers note limitations in the study, most importantly that they only looked at young, healthy people. Brain-training games may still prove useful for aging adults or people suffering from addiction or unhealthy behaviors, the researchers caution."
So, kinda like: "Adding a two mile walk every morning was found to have no health benefits[1] [1] we only studied marathon runners"
This study shows that there is no basis for the claim that you can enhance performance of normal/healthy performers.
The researchers state the have insufficient evidence to determine the effect on low/unhealthy performers.
Title should include "for healthy young adults" as in the study: "The researchers note limitations in the study, most importantly that they only looked at young, healthy people. Brain-training games may still prove useful for aging adults or people suffering from addiction or unhealthy behaviors, the researchers caution."
Given the context of the article, this is an unscientific and immoral statement.
It is irrational to believe something is true or possible unless you have evidence for it.
If the researchers have a positive reason to believe brain-training games are a form of medical treatment for aging or addicted populations, they should state that. None of this "may" nonsense.
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Dual N Back is a test of memory. Where is the evidence that practicing does anything besides decrease the accuracy of the test?
Here is the most comprehensive review of the DnB experiments I have ever seen: https://www.gwern.net/DNB%20meta-analysis
forgive me if i don't take this meta-analysis seriously.
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Are there any that aren't bullshit? I'm debating just setting up a spaced repetition app with my own custom knowledge base. At least that way I may not be getting higher brain function, but higher retention on memory items I care about.
Spaced repetition absolutely works. I can literally see it in the statistics as clear as day. This is in addition to all the scientific evidences.
That is, does it make it easier to recall things that are not part of the spaced repetition training?