Archive for the ‘Training Benefits’ Category
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Session number: 7
Average n-back: 3.8
Duration (estimate in minutes): 40
Training session six wasn’t what I was expecting. My n-back average actually decreased to 3.0. I started to assume that my working memory index peaked too soon. However, after session seven, it was apparent that it was not the case. Perhaps my performance fell victim to the Fibonacci retracement principle. Nonetheless, on session seven, I passed n=4 twice. This brought my n-back average to 3.8. This program is amazing. I can’t believe how rapidly I’m seeing results. In a week, I went from 2.5 to 3.8. That’s a 52% increase from session one. I can’t wait to see what the next twelve sessions reveal.
Brain Fitness Pro working-memory training report
This post was submitted by Ian.
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Thursday, July 1st, 2010
Session number: 4
Average n-back: 3.2
Duration (estimate in minutes): 35
I didn’t expect substantial results today due to my mind being fatigued from a hectic workday. In fact, I was considering skipping today’s Brain Fitness Pro training session. But, something inside me wants to know if this product really works. In order to give the product an honest assessment, I decided that I would stick with the training for 20 consecutive days as instructed.
I just completed my fourth session and I am surprised at my results. Today, my n-back average increased by .4 points. This brings my n-back average to 3.2. I’m consistently passing n=3 with ease. But, n=4 is still feels overwhelming at this time.
Throughout my day, I feel like tasks are easier to accomplish. My job requires a great deal of multitasking and I found it easier to juggle responsibilities. I can’t confirm that it’s the training from the program just yet. I’m not sure if it’s subjective validation for having an “on” day. But, I intend to continue using this program and provide honest feedback.
Brain Fitness Pro working-memory training report
This post was submitted by Ian Roberson.
Tags: Brain Exercises, brain-fitness, brain-fitness-pro, buschkuehl, increase intelligence, increase IQ, intelligence-training, IQ-training, jaeggi, martin-buschkuehl, mind-sparke, susanne-jaeggi, Training Working-Memory, working-memory
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Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Session number: 3
Average n-back: 3
Duration (estimate in minutes): 30
When I completed n=3, I was amazed! I’ve made great progress with this program in three sessions. Now that I’m at n=4, I feel completely overwhelmed. I’m confident that I’ll be able to master n=4 very shortly though. I can already feel a significant increase in logic processing ability, particularly with numbers.
Brain Fitness Pro working-memory training report
This post was submitted by Ian Roberson.
Tags: Brain Exercises, brain-fitness, brain-fitness-pro, buschkuehl, increase intelligence, increase IQ, intelligence-training, IQ-training, jaeggi, martin-buschkuehl, mind-sparke, susanne-jaeggi, Training Working-Memory, working-memory
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
This story reminds us that many of the traditional teaching methods that fell out of favor in the last few decades had some distinct advantages, as brain training tools, over those that replaced them. Repetition and focus help strengthen and tune the brain’s processing skills as well as fine motor skills. Along with penmanship, times table memorization, and rote learning the abacus develops the raw material of intellectual development…
Akita, Japan
A report in the Daily Yomiuri indicates that the abacus, or soroban in Japanese, is returning to favor as a means of assisting in the development of concentration and memory.
Abacus training and certifications are on the rise and some elementary school have reintroduced the deceptively simple-looking counting device.
Parent Haruko Sato said her fourth-grade son “listens better and has become more motivated” after studying at an abacus school.
Kiso Kubota, a professor emeritus at Kyoto University, cognitive neuroscientist and author of a book on the abacus, attributes the mental benefits of the abacus (better memory and the logical thinking skills) to the intensive use of the prefrontal area of the brain for mental arithmetic.
Japanese Abacus or Soroban
In the 2011 school year, abacus will become a required subject for both third- and fourth-grade primary school students in Japan. In the 2009 school year, 3,147 public primary schools requested abacus instructors from soroban schools and related entities.
Unfortunately, given its long fallow period, many soroban instructors are nearing retirement age. The abacus league’s executive director, Shimpachi Waku, said the organization will increase its efforts to develop educators so soroban will remain “part of the country’s education and culture.”
Tags: abacus, brain-training
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Sunday, June 20th, 2010
Session number: 10
Average n-back: 2.4
Duration (estimate in minutes): 25
Finally! Made some progress after getting off to a bad start. n=2.4
Brain Fitness Pro working-memory training report
This post was submitted by Terry.
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Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Session number: 15
Average n-back: 3.65
Duration (estimate in minutes): 50
Making slow but steady progress. I feel it exercising not just my memory, but also my attention span as towards the end I start to drift. Sometimes I’m confusing letters that rhyme or have the same vowel sound (B and P, M and F).
This isn’t discouraging, so much as impetus to push past the first 19 sessions, and perhaps even to make it two sessions per day. I’m coming off a low base, after all, with measured working memory and processing speed difficulties.
Brain Fitness Pro working-memory training report
This post was submitted by Safzoro.
Tags: Brain Exercises, brain-fitness, brain-fitness-pro, buschkuehl, increase intelligence, increase IQ, intelligence-training, IQ-training, jaeggi, martin-buschkuehl, mind-sparke, susanne-jaeggi, Training Working-Memory, working-memory
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Sunday, June 13th, 2010
Session number: 2
Average n-back: 2.8
Duration (estimate in minutes): 50
Before n-back training:
http://www.lumosity.com/brain-games/memory-games/memory-matrix
I reach two times 12 level (6900points) (playing 10 days )
After two session with n-back (level 3 with 65% of accuracy) I got to 14 level(14000 points) what was impossible to me before n-back training.
So, this simple test shows that event 2 days with n-back training can give you big results in memory.
Brain Fitness Pro working-memory training report
This post was submitted by michal.
Tags: Brain Exercises, brain-fitness, brain-fitness-pro, buschkuehl, increase intelligence, increase IQ, intelligence-training, IQ-training, jaeggi, martin-buschkuehl, mind-sparke, susanne-jaeggi, Training Working-Memory, working-memory
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
After a break of about a month I’m now three days into my renewed double-session training. Despite the time commitment I’m again finding this approach quite rewarding. I feel as though it’s already given me a needed boost in focus and follow-through. (I’ve completed several tasks in the last couple of days that had been outstanding for a while.)
Today I started with a session of “nines” and then hit a very good level of focus in a session of regular dual n-back.
"Nines" - Session 89
dual n-back - Session 261
Tags: brain-training, dual-n-back, working-memory training
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Sharp Brains’ new awards program – the ‘Brain Fitness Innovation Awards‘ – highlights the ways in which various organizations have embraced the real benefits of brain training.
USA Hockey won the grand prize with software-based training that improves perception and decision-making skills. One of the measures of the success of the program was that the trained teams won more hockey games…
First runner up, AllState introduced a program to encourage seniors to stay road-fit with specially designed brain training, reducing traffic accidents and extending independence for senior drivers. And second runner up Nationwide Insurance introduced a brain fitness program for its employees to help them “enhance positivity, emotional resilience and deal with others more effectively — all key elements to productivity.”
Seven other diverse initiatives rounded out the top ten. The list showed just how broadly the advantages of brain fitness and brain training can be applied in ways that make a real difference in people’s lives.
The Arrowsmith School with its suite of cognitive programs for students with learning disabilities. University Behavioral HealthCare (UBHC), established in 1971 with an initiative to remediate cognitive impairments associated with severe mental illness by developing and implementing an innovative curriculum and proprietary manual for cognitive rehab support groups, combining best of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, cognitive training, and social skills training. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety promoting and testing a visual processing training program. Saint Luke’s Brain and Stroke Institute, extending healthy independent living and address cognitive impairments with a Brain Fitness Center.
Oakland Unified School District with a pilot to improve academic success among at-risk students. The Mental Health Association of Rockland County, in New York State, offering a cognitive health series of live events to engage the community with a stigma-free, proactive brain fitness message, supported by professional training, socialization platforms and cognitive training. SCAN Health Plan with its concept of a “SCAN Van” to deliver health screenings & education combined with physical and cognitive exercise in places where seniors gather.
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Saturday, May 15th, 2010
While my own critique of the BBC’s “Brain Test Britain” focused on the quality (or lack thereof) of the training itself, a report from Dr. Elizabeth Zelinski addresses her methodological concerns and makes some valuable points. You can read Dr. Zelinksi’s full report at Sharp Brains. In her post titled Scientific critique of BBC/ Nature Brain Training Experiment Dr. Zelinski draws attention to the participant dropout rate (52,617 participants registering and 11,430 completing) “In a clinical trial,” she says, “such selective and high dropout rates would be considered very problematic.” She also noted methodological concerns about the use of “span tests” to measure change, as span tests are “famously insensitive to change.”
http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2010/05/10/scientific-critique-of-bbc-nature-brain-training-experiment/
Tags: bbc, brain test britain, nature
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