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You need to read gwern's link more closely. Second paragraph: This indicates that the medium effect size is due to methodological problems and that n-back trai
by mark_kalvelage 10y ago
You need to read gwern's link more closely. Second paragraph:
This indicates that the medium effect size is due to methodological problems and that n-back training does not increase subjects’ underlying fluid intelligence
- Bartweiss 10y agoMost damningly, the review didn't turn up dose-dependent results. If n-back works, I would expect either "more is better" or "flat gain past some minimum". Instead, the effect vs training graph is a shapeless cloud, which seems like a major warning sign.