Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
A new study led by a team of Western University neuroscientists has debunked claims that getting better at a brain training game can translate to improved performance in other, untrained cognitive tasks.
This study, published in the journal Neuropsychologia, set out to test whether hours of 'brain training' in one game could give someone an edge in a second game that uses the same area of the brain. If that result was found, it would lend credence to claims that 'brain-training' apps can improve working memory, which is vital for learning and retaining information and in staving off memory loss.
But researchers found such transference simply didn't happen: participants' high scores in the first game (the one they trained on) didn't improve performance in the second game, and were equivalent to scores attained by the 'untrained' control group.
Journal Reference:
Bobby Stojanoski, Kathleen M. Lyons, Alexandra A.A. Pearce, Adrian M. Owen. Targeted training: Converging evidence against the transferable benefits of online brain training on cognitive function. Neuropsychologia, 2018; 117: 541 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.07.013
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(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday August 02 2018, @01:22PM
My super skillz at 2048 don't seem to have magically transformed me into a genius. (as evidenced by posting history)
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.