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Gwern has a lot of research and meta-research about this (if memory serves, hah), and in general I seem to recall that doing brain games like dual-n-back makes
by michaelcampbell 2y ago
Gwern has a lot of research and meta-research about this (if memory serves, hah), and in general I seem to recall that doing brain games like dual-n-back makes you better at brain games like dual-n-back.
Which is perhaps not without merit, but...
- TrainedMonkey 2y agoConcur seeing same research, a thought in the back of my head - does learning one of these games makes you faster at learning other games? Does that translate at learning faster in areas that would use similar recall patterns. There is some research that when you learn N>5 languages (https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-study-polyglots-brain-processing-native-language-0310 https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-study-polyglots-brain-processi...) the brain layout changes. What happens when you practice / master >X memory recall games.
- yamrzou 2y agoLink to Gwern's article: Dual n-Back FAQ - https://gwern.net/dnb-faq https://gwern.net/dnb-faq