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So it definitely transfers 'near'. You'll get better at the dual-n-back test. And possibly other visio-spatial working memory tests. But the question of far tra

So it definitely transfers 'near'. You'll get better at the dual-n-back test. And possibly other visio-spatial working memory tests. But the question of far transfer- will it make you smarter- is probably not. Here is a link to a 2015 meta-analysis that looks at the question of working memory training (including dual-n-backs) transferring to other working memory tasks: https://www.dropbox.com/s/084fvteji1tyz8t/2015-schwaighofer.pdf https://www.dropbox.com/s/084fvteji1tyz8t/2015-schwaighofer.... Melby-Lervag & Hulme, 2013, is also pretty damning.

cLeEOGPw 11y ago
That's exactly, if my understanding of changes happening to brain while performing any activity in general is correct, what should happen - you get better at doing that activity. So, unless your work contains some kind of dual-n-back activity, you are not getting better at it. You get better at work by doing work, not by playing brain game. I am really happy they got fined for this deception.