Michael et al. : Chabris and Simon's (highly recommended) new book, "The Invisible Gorilla" reviews these studies in some detail and provides a number of relevant academic references....Scott
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To him - he is always doing both. - Zen Buddhist text (slightly modified) From: Annette Taylor [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 9:22 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Research on the so-called "Brain Training" games I have a very strong personal dislike for things that are "harmless" and so people need not worry about there. They are always "harmful" IMHO, even if people conclude they are harmless, because of opportunity cost. While people are frittering away their time and money on something they could have been spending it on something that works for them. Now, having said that, I think the point of the research on "brain games" as people age is that the skills don't transfer. So, if you get good at keeping your brain busy with crossword puzzles, well, that's what you're good at; but you might not be any better at remembering to buy eggs next time you go to the grocery store, or give your cat his antibiotics (yeah, I've been forgetting both of those lately :( So, I think more research is needed. Actually, since the primary complaint as people get older is that the get forgetful, and I concur, as I'm getting older I'm much more forgetful, then, I'd like to see specifically if games that teach memories strategies and skills will transfer to everyday behavior. But whether they will increase all cognitive domains....well, I think the literature so far does not support that. I admit I don't read everything that comes my way to be sure about that. Annette Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Professor, Psychological Sciences University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ From: Michael Britt [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 5:43 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Research on the so-called "Brain Training" games In an upcoming episode of my podcast I plan to review the recent article in Nature magazine ("Putting Brain Training to the Test"). I'd like to cover more than one article if possible. I'll be doing some research to find others but if anyone knows of research that has evaluated the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of these games please let me know. There's a ton of these games out there and I suppose they're harmless in some respects but if indeed they really don't contribute to improving cognitive functioning then we really need to get the word out. 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