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The Dual N-Back task has been shown to improve working memory (short-term memory) and fluid intelligence, one component of IQ. Discuss dual n-back, memory, intelligence and the brain. Learn how to use Dual N-Back and similar exercises to aid mental development and reach your brain's full potential.
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Posner 2005-Executive Attention Training & Transfer
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This predates Jaeggi 2008. From the NYT article it was said that
Jaeggi et al. developed an interest in wm training after seeing
transfer in adhd children in early 2000 in a Klingberg study. In this
study from 2005, children are training with a non-visual spatial task
and experience transfer to IQ, vocab and matrices. Specifically from... more »
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Is Iodine useful? maybe
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I've put an iodine post up: [link]
I've been working on this off and on for months. I think it's one of
my better entries on that page, and I imagine some of the citations
there will greatly interest readers - eg. not just the general IQ
impacts, but that iodization causes voters to vote more liberally.... more »
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FWD: Questionable research practices surprisingly common
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As a reminder for some of the issues that crop up during discussion of
the research:
Abstract (from the article itself):
"Cases of clear scientific misconduct have received significant media
attention recently, but less flagrant transgressions of research norms
may be more prevalent and in the long run more damaging to the... more »
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Psychology Today article on working memory training
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This is a somewhat old but good article by William Klemm, a
psychologist. Klemm writes about studies done in Japan showing
transfer of working memory training to fluid intelligence in children.
The working memory tasks used are described as keeping a list of
numbers in mind and remember order. Ex. 5389, and the children would... more »
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Dual N Back For Depression
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I was wondering if anyone else here plays dual n back to help with
depression?? I did two hours of n backing on wednesday, five hours
yesterday, and i've done about two hours so far today. I find that i
make breakthroughs in my thinking rather quickly (within 3 or 4 days
sometimes) when i push myself like this. I'm already feeling a whole... more »
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25 Minutes or 20 Sessions
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Is there an agreement on how much to train daily - 25 minutes a day or
20 sessions.
The original article that got me interested in n-back training said
20-25 minutes a day, so that's what I'm doing. This comes out to
roughly 15 sessions. But I take 10 second breaks in between each
session. (Should I not do the breaks?) People seem to reference 20... more »
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Selecting N (instead of progressing through to a certain N-back number)
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Hi all, I'm a little new to the software, but I've been working through the options and can't find one to 'set' the N-back number (ie. start training at a 3-back instead of 2-back). Is this possible, or must one progress up from 2-back to X-back? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks, -Stefan
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