No gain from brain training
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No gain from brain training
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Re: No gain from brain training
#2They don't mention specifically whether they tested dual n-back, which as far as I know is the only task that some studies have shown to increase fluid intelligence.
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#3The volunteers were self-selected so probably already did this sort of thing online, the exposure extremely short and the testees from a broad age range who are not the intended audience for these type of games.
All outlined in the article, but I restate it as it's a travesty that attention grabbing 'research' like this still gets published and worse still reported on.
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#5Would be good to see how longer training for a way more extended period of time works out.
Still, I wasn't expecting an IQ bump from playing a lot of Brain Age on the DS, but I bet many people did.
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#6They don't mention specifically whether they tested dual n-back, which as far as I know is the only task that some studies have shown to increase fluid intelligence.
That's a very difficult task. Can you point to those studies?
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#7The volunteers were self-selected so probably already did this sort of thing online, the exposure extremely short and the testees from a broad age range who are not the intended audience for these type of games. All outlined in the article, but I restate it as it's a travesty that attention grabbing 'research' like this still gets published and worse still reported on.
All volunteers are self-selected.
Nature is the right venue. It will spur much more research which is the only way to evaluate the science.
Re: No gain from brain training
#8I'm desperately trying to think of any human activity that would substantially improve after ten minutes of practice, three times a week, for six weeks. My general inclination is to agree with their hypothesis, but testing it like this is just embarrassing.
Re: No gain from brain training
#9I'm desperately trying to think of any human activity that would substantially improve after ten minutes of practice, three times a week, for six weeks. My general inclination is to agree with their hypothesis, but testing it like this is just embarrassing.
Try doing sit-ups or push-ups that much and that often. I'm pretty sure you'll improve over six weeks.
That said, more works needs to be done.
Re: No gain from brain training
#10Nature News certainly seems to do a better job of summarizing the research and important caveats. I'm looking over the website, but I'm having trouble telling what they focus on. Do they mostly just give a layman's version of Nature articles?