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I mean we've seen these type of studies/results before so at first I thought this is not surprising. However, they say they let both groups (those who use brain
by Tarsul 5y ago
I mean we've seen these type of studies/results before so at first I thought this is not surprising. However, they say they let both groups (those who use brain training games and those who don't) basically play brain training games:
"They faced Simon-like memory exercises, such spatial reasoning tasks as mentally rotating objects, pattern-finding puzzles and strategy challenges."
And even there, there was no real benefit for the brain gamers. My follow-up question would be: What kind of mental stimulation also doesn't help people? E.g. How can we make people smarter (for instance, regarding thinking for oneself and not believing bullshit)? It appears it's very difficult. As if people revert back to themselves whenever the game(/lesson) stops.
- vanderZwan 5y agoThe best candidate seems to be Dual-N-back style training for pushing your working memory, and even that isn't without controversy.
- Fezzik 5y agoLearning logical fallacies could be a good place to start. Thinking about why fallacies are fallacious generally helps strengthen your ability to weed out unsupported conclusions and reshapes how you both assess ideas and present them.
- giuliomagnifico 5y agoI think the cultural background of a guy is what make people smarter or to believe bullshit. Not a test or a game but the previous life/culture.
- lupire 5y agoGetting critical thinking training (or not) is part of life/culture.