Brain training doesn’t boost brain power, work suggests… – Bang Goes the Theory – BBC One
May 11, 2010 by Game Brainer
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www.bbc.co.uk Brain training games do not improve overall brain power, a scientific study launched by the BBC suggests. The largest ever investigation followed 11430 people over six weeks to see what effect, if any, playing brain training computer games would have.
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they should have researched neurofeedback instead on games.
@sonofhendrix So what do you do when at the end of crimewatch they say “Don’t have nightmares”? How about when they tell children to get adults to help them using scissors? Best of all, when the say “Don’t try this at home”, you’re suggesting we do it all? You’re awesome.
lmao! Always do the opposite of what the BBC want. Weather its stay indoors because of swine flu, take vacciniations, avoid food suppliments and vitamins, apathy towards GMO food, believe in global warming, stay indoors because of toxic ash, turn your lights off because of your carbon footprint.. Any idea, thought, veiwpoint they put out, do and think the opposite. They only want to control you. wake up..
In the paper we state that people were asked to log in for approximately 10 mins per day several times per week, but (importantly) the range (as stated in the paper) was 2-188 sessions over 6 weeks. People could train for as much or as little as they wanted. The 10 mins per day several times per week was simply the guide they were given. Some people trained hundreds and hundreds of time. Strangely enough, they didn’t improve either…..
This study simply wasn’t conducted over a long enough period of time. If brain games improve your score by .3 every 6 weeks (will most likely be more of a plateau effect though), you would go from 4.6 to 7.2 in just one year, which is a 56% increase in brain power. I’d take that.
@Freemmaann Take the idiotic conclusion why don’t you.
@Freemmaann Because they checked their palms for hair and nobody went blind.!
@EpicPlaythroughs Ha, alright, you’re obviously on the wind up. I hope.
@thereturnofda111 Key word: “GAME”
@EpicPlaythroughs You’d think that someone would be able to work out why a game called Brain Training that does not actually do any training is slightly out of order.
@thereturnofda111 Would you mind explaining why?
@EpicPlaythroughs You’re unbelievably dense.
@thereturnofda111 Yes I have, because it was completly obvious, thats why this experiment is rubbish!
@EpicPlaythroughs Well done, you’ve just described exactly why Brain Training doesn’t work, because YOU DO NOT GET BETTER IN ANY SPECIFIC SKILL, despite it being advertised as Brain Training.
Jesus christ.
Complain about it but it takes a reply from you to summon a reply from me.
Idiots think it improves brain power, this experiment teaches something new to them.
@AlexTheRussianAnt Yes, I do have something else to say on the experiment, I’m kinda losing interest in this conversation now, but I’ll say it anyway, but then you’re going to keep replying, so If I just ignore you, I won’t have to waste time explaining why I think this experiment it dumb. Ok, I’ll say it, the people doing this experiment are looking at the wrong thing, they’re trying to see if brain training improves your IQ, which it obviously doesn’t, as it doesn’t teach anything new.
No, you don’t have anything else to say on the actual experiment. I couldn’t care less how Mahreeoh Cartuh is spelt. After the N64 version I lost intrest.
@AlexTheRussianAnt Huh? I wasn’t trying to insult you by pointing out that spelling mistake, I just thought i’d mention it as Carts and Karts are two completly different things, otherwise I wouldn’t have mentioned that you made a spelling mistake.
I’d expect as much. Coincides with the way your pedantically persuing a spelling mistake i made. Thrilled to see that the culmination of your brain training as enabled you to be so anul.
Do you have anything else to say about the actual experiment?
@AlexTheRussianAnt I like playing brain training because doing those simple tasks and practicing to beat your own time I find is quite satisfying and enjoyable, much like Mario Kart is, funnily enough, except Mario kart involves racing in Karts.
@thereturnofda111 Well, there are several different definitions of the word training, the way I see it, training simply means to get better at one specific skill, and not actually learning anything new. The English OXford dictionary never mentions acquiring any new skills at all.
Well alot of people do believe it makes them smarter. Thanks to the way the game is advertised. Enlightening such morons is worthwhile. Which i think makes this ‘experiment’ consequently worthwhile.
I don’t know whats worse, buying brain training in the hope you grow smarter or buying it because you find simple maths and spelling tasks fun.
@hamsterdance4lyf08 Fully agreed.
@AlexTheRussianAnt Brain training is brilliant, by the way, you spelled Kart wrong. Brain training isn’t meant to make you smarter by the way, they’re just little fun activities. This experiment however is utter bollocks.
@usb908 yh i am