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NPR plays ads on the radio about Lumosity and brain training, nearly every day for the last year here. It seemed ED to be more of a "We will give you a chance
by cordite 11y ago
NPR plays ads on the radio about Lumosity and brain training, nearly every day for the last year here.
It seemed ED to be more of a "We will give you a chance to raise an arbitrary number over time if you pay us" and heavy marketing ploy.
Seems like if cow clicker got viral and took peoples money.
- dayk995 11y agoI was just thinking that. I only know of this product because it's so advertised on NPR. Time to replace these ads with something even more useless.
- sevensor 11y agoThey play those ads on NPR here too. They always make me think about what my dad (a psychologist) told me about IQ tests: all IQ actually measures is how well you do on IQ tests. It's entirely possible to study for the test and improve your IQ. Of course, doing this doesn't make you any better at anything useful, but it might make you eligible for Mensa. (My dad is very skeptical when it comes to psychometrics.)
- Nutmog 11y agoThat's a valid criticism if the test taker is trying to cheat, but if its yourself trying to find out your own IQ and you didn't train for it, it's still a useful predictor of academic success.
- sevensor 11y agoAbsolutely, there's some correlation if the test-taker isn't tainted. But I bring it up here because Lumosity basically tells its customers they're getting smarter because they're getting better at its "brain-training" games, when it's pretty clear that the only thing they're likely to get better at is the games.