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Brain training?
    #19081230 - 11/03/13 04:25 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

So I am at my parents house for the diwali holiday weekend. i am cleaning my room and all of a sudden a wave of nostalgia smacks me. I found "big brain academy". I am yet to find my nintendo ds somewhere in my room. But I was thinking of getting a 3ds (if I cant find my old ds) and playing big brain academy for 20 minutes a day

I also found my 'R4' which I can illegally load up any game I want onto it and play on my nintendo DS

Can anybody point me to some objective evidence that any of these brain training games actually help? If so, I will try out big brain academy. Maybe download some chess and sudoku games on it too

From a purely logical standpoint, i think that these games would help. But part of me thinks that it is just people getting better at the games themselves, not having better memory, attention, etc

It seems like a purely commercial thing. A lot of the testimonies of luminosity seem like placebo. i cant help but think it is a marketing gimmick that is exagerrated. Much like the word "organic"


In case you dont know what an R4 is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R4DS#YushenDS_Card.2C_R4DS.2C_M3_DS_Simply.2C_and_their_clones
And big brain academy:


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Re: Brain training? [Re: topdog82]
    #19081279 - 11/03/13 04:34 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I was on lumosity but it is $15 dollars a month so I quit after the free trial. I would do it if it was free. I don't know if it actually works but some games seem like they would be good brain exercises.

I read that a good brain exercise is learning a new language or operating system.


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Re: Brain training? [Re: AWS]
    #19081297 - 11/03/13 04:38 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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I was on lumosity but it is $15 dollars a month so I quit after the free trial. I would do it if it was free. I don't know if it actually works but some games seem like they would be good brain exercises.

I read that a good brain exercise is learning a new language or operating system.



I would definately put chess and sudoko on the same level as learning a new language or instrument

I am guessing big brain academy is not tho...?


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Re: Brain training? [Re: topdog82]
    #19081339 - 11/03/13 04:46 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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topdog82 said:
I am guessing big brain academy is not tho...?




I don't know what that is.

Sudoko is alright, I got tired of it. I played a lot of chess in high school but haven't played in a long time. I play freecell, I don't know if that is brain training. I do a lot of programming.


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Re: Brain training? [Re: AWS]
    #19081356 - 11/03/13 04:50 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Building my dark matter extractor using a kitchen blender, heavy water, kosher salt and cobalt 60 to power my warp drive riding mower keeps my brain quite plastic.


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Re: Brain training? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
    #19081396 - 11/03/13 04:59 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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AWS said:
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topdog82 said:
I am guessing big brain academy is not tho...?




I don't know what that is.

Sudoko is alright, I got tired of it. I played a lot of chess in high school but haven't played in a long time. I play freecell, I don't know if that is brain training. I do a lot of programming.



I do a lot of programing too. i am picking up java and just did c++. i figure both of these would help neuroplasticity to some extent

Look at the link i posted lol. It is a nintendo DS game. That is the center of this thread
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Building my dark matter extractor using a kitchen blender, heavy water, kosher salt and cobalt 60 to power my warp drive riding mower keeps my brain quite plastic.



you diabolical motherfucker:wellhellothere:


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Re: Brain training? [Re: topdog82]
    #19081401 - 11/03/13 05:01 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)



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Re: Brain training? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
    #19081407 - 11/03/13 05:02 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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OrgoneConclusion said:
Building my dark matter extractor using a kitchen blender, heavy water, kosher salt and cobalt 60 to power my warp drive riding mower keeps my brain quite plastic.




I suspected your brain was made of plastic.


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Re: Brain training? [Re: AWS]
    #19081417 - 11/03/13 05:04 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

My dad was Albert Potatostein:



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Re: Brain training? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
    #19082728 - 11/03/13 09:16 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

As far as I've heard, those brain training games are only good for improving your performance on the actual exercises it gives you, it doesn't really carry over to anything else.


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Re: Brain training? [Re: Thecrimson]
    #19082931 - 11/03/13 09:59 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

That's not what I've heard.

This is easy.


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Re: Brain training? [Re: Sleepwalker]
    #19083026 - 11/03/13 10:18 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)



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Re: Brain training? [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
    #19083108 - 11/03/13 10:38 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

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My dad was Albert Potatostein:





:lol:


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Re: Brain training? [Re: cez]
    #19083247 - 11/03/13 11:09 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

Don't encourage him.


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Re: Brain training? [Re: Sleepwalker]
    #19083549 - 11/03/13 11:59 PM (10 years, 2 months ago)

I need serious medical help. :cool:


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