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You describe the process of meta-analysis as of there is something wrong with it. The point about exercise or college is they are guaranteed to have some benef
by Gatsky 10y ago
You describe the process of meta-analysis as of there is something wrong with it.
The point about exercise or college is they are guaranteed to have some benefit, unlike playing a brain training game, which has at least a 50-50 chance of being a waste of time.
- hmahncke 10y agoI like meta-analyses quite well, but the APS article was not a meta-analysis - it was more like a broad review. Here are a few meta-analyses that disagree with the APS article: Computerized Cognitive Training with Older Adults: A Systematic Review http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0040588 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.... Computerized cognitive training in cognitively healthy older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of effect modifiers. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25405755 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25405755 I liked college and benefited from it, but it the US (at least) it costs tens of thousands of dollars, and 45% of people don't complete a degree in 6 years: http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/11/19/u_s_college_dropouts_rates_explained_in_4_charts.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/11/19/u_s_college_d...