I am under the impression that a lot of those Brain Training games you may find won’t work as claimed i.e. those (Luminosity etc) that claim working memory improvement --> intelligence improvement/cognitive improvement.
Here is a relevant meta-analysis of such (haven’t been able to get an original copy have just read through this article
Tis a shame cause I watched the same program and got excited but decided to investigate before I paid up for it.
I am under the impression that a lot of those Brain Training games you may find won’t work as claimed i.e. those (Luminosity etc) that claim working memory improvement --> intelligence improvement/cognitive improvement.
Here is a relevant meta-analysis of such (haven’t been able to get an original copy have just read through this article
Tis a shame cause I watched the same program and got excited but decided to investigate before I paid up for it.
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Is%20working%20memory%20training%20effective%3F%20A%20meta-analytic%20review
Melby isn’t the only relevant meta-analysis; you can find some more cited in my http://www.gwern.net/DNB%20meta-analysis