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Session number: 2
Average n-back: 2.0
Duration (min.): 25
Although I have had a few blocks where I had no misses, I still have not been bumped up to anything higher than 2.0, is there a difference in using a MAC as opposed to a PC, as I am feeling disheartened that I am stuck on 2
Brain Fitness Pro working-memory training report.
This post was submitted by therese .
Session number: 5
Average n-back: 3.1
Duration (min.): 23
Having hard time with n=4. It’s a little easier if i murmur the series for myself, but with n=4 i barely have time to repeat it. Is it normal or should i try to do everything in complete silence?
cheers,
N.
Brain Fitness Pro working-memory training report.
This post was submitted by nicoulloa.
Session number: 4
Average n-back: 2.9
Duration (min.): 35
Got n=4 a couple times. Still can’t do it.
Brain Fitness Pro working-memory training report.
This post was submitted by nicoulloa.
Session number: 3
Average n-back: 2.85
Duration (min.): 35
Got to n=4 for the first time, but then back to 3s and 2s
Brain Fitness Pro working-memory training report.
This post was submitted by nicoulloa.
Weight A Minute!
In a study of women aged 65 to 75, strength training produced 10 to 12% increases on tests of executive function over the course of a year. A control group who trained on balance and toning did not show increases.
Teresa Liu-Ambrose, researcher at the Center for Hip Health and Mobility at Vancouver General Hospital was the lead author of the paper, which appears in the Jan. 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Session number: 203
Average n-back: 8.45
Duration (min.): 45
Today’s session ended up being somewhat the reverse of yesterday’s — more focus toward the end than at the beginning. Ending up with a nice run on n=10.
Session 203
Brain Fitness Pro working-memory training report.
This post was submitted by martin.
Session number: 202
Average n-back: 8.15
Duration (min.): 50
After 30 sessions of “nines” I’ve switched back to regular dual n-back for a while. This began out of curiosity but has resolved into a challenge. I wanted to see whether training with “nines” had had any impact on my ability at regular dual n-back. I’ve discovered that I’m finding regular dual n-back quite tricky after a few months away.
I started in with a 7.95, right around where I left off. On Saturday when I trained I scored well below my recent par (7.3). And today was better at 8.15.
It seems logical that transitioning back and forth between variations of dual n-back maintains the challenge of the training and helps work different aspects of working memory…
Session 202 (dual n-back)
Brain Fitness Pro working-memory training report.
This post was submitted by martin.
Session number: ?
Average n-back: 7.95
Duration (min.): 25
Reached a new high, 7.95 which was then followed up by a 2nd highest score ever at 7.65. Previous best was at 7.55
I am mildly disappointed to fall short of 8 by such a small margin, but quite happy to continue to improve on BF pro even after many sessions. Evidence that it is possible to raise N levels after a long on and off training period which in my case is now over 1 year.
I am not sure what to attribute this gain to, except that I have started something called super brain yoga about a week back. This is an ancient Eastern technique that has now been marketed to Westerners. I would advise not spending a dime on the book though, given that the exercise is easy to do and a how to can be found online. I do not swear by this or any brain improvement technique but I do try many of them out.
Quick caveat:
Correlation is not causation.
There really are a myriad of other things that may have caused a boost in my N back other than this yoga for the brain — which used to be, and I think still is, a punishment for misbehaving school kids in India.
I would add too that I cannot say that this improvement in dual n back is at all meaningful in any context, other than a gain in N. Still, a gain in N it is.
Brain Fitness Pro working-memory training report.
This post was submitted by Will.
Session number: 7
Average n-back: 2.3
Duration (min.): ?
Mind blowing – Already I have noticed a marked increase in my capacity to study and retain knowledge.
I only scored 19/30 on the Mensa test at the start.
I am really enjoying this stuff -
brain training report
This post was submitted by Debbie Hamilton.
Session number: 27 (nines)
Average n-back: 7.85
Duration (min.): 40
And I squeezed in another training session later in the day… but my focus had dropped after an afternoon of work.
Brain Fitness Pro working-memory training report.
This post was submitted by martin.
