Completing 20 sessions of dual n-back training requires a serious commitment. To optimize your training requires adopting certain key strategies.
What is working memory? Working memory is a short-term memory and attention focus system – your ‘mental workspace’. It can be defined as a brain system that keeps information in mind temporarily while using it to think something through, make a decision, pursue a goal or comprehend something. It involves a pre-frontal – parietal brain circuit called the cognitive control network. Working memory is necessary for staying focused on a task, blocking out distractions, keeping you updated and aware of what is going on
This article reviews 3 evidence-based methodologies for how to increase IQ: brain training apps, nootropics and tDCS.
In a study published last week (Oct 28, 2015) by Cohen and his colleagues in the journal Neuroimage, it has been shown that training on an implementation of HighIQPro’s ‘Stroop’ n-back game can can reduce the brain’s emotional reactivity by changing the brain’s wiring to make it less responsive to threatening information. The principle of this brain training game is interference control. What is interference control? When distracting information conflicts with the task requirements, as shown here there
When Brain Training Works and When It Does Not There are thousands of brain training apps and games on the market, and some multi-billion dollar brain training providers. The key problem is how to filter through them and commit to training with those that work. Here we review what criteria to look at to ensure that your brain training works. An authoritative study published in the scientific journal Nature has recently shown that the
14 teams were given a sealed envelope. In each envelope was five dollars of “seed funding”. The teams could spend as much time as they wanted planning, but once they opened it, they had only 2 hours to generate as much money as possible.