New Dual N back Strategy: Reverse Rehearsal

[memoid]

There are 4 different strategies for dual n back. Rehearsal Chunking Guessing + intuition Attention swapping/ focusing on number of spaces Rehearsal is the most important one. To make sure you are rehearsing, recite the sequence n steps backwards to get the matching letter. Reverse Rehearsal 3 back sound example : Original Sequence: B-D-A next letter: B Click sound Reversed rehearsal A-D-B next letter: B Click sound your last letter in the reversed sequence needs to be the next letter you hear Benefits: This gives you a way to constantly update your sound wm by having the last letter you heard as the first input and the letter you need to match as the last. My n back levels dropped quite a bit after using this but it forced me to use rehearsal and i think it also forced sound mental manipulation. This FORCES YOU to rehearse. Let know your thoughts - Nero

[Mister McBlubbercus]

This sounds fascinating. Great discovery!

You should think about tracking your progress with this new method and seeing if there are improvements in WM and/or other life areas.
If you can show significant improvements, more people will jump on board with your method - I know I would.

Currently, I fear that this method is only adding more of a cognitive flexibility and/or inhibitory control challenge. 

I'm looking to improve my working memory capacity and straining to remember more items seems like the way to go (think: weightlifting). This method, at least in the beginning, will have me straining to juggle the items backward but, ultimately, forcing me play at lower N-Back levels for months.

Even if it is ultimately equal to the standard rehearsal method, and you can get back to your current n-back level, the months of lost progress would not have been worth it (at least for me). The new method must be significantly better overall to warrant the extra effort.

Great work mate.

[Taurean Lee]

Sorry for the super butchered paragraph, this is the Paragraph but revised:
There are 4 different strategies for Dual N back:

Rehearsal

Chunking 

Guessing/Intuition

Attention Swapping/focusing on number of spaces

Rehearsal is the most important one. To make sure you are rehearsing, recite the sequence n steps backwards to get the matching letter.

Reverse Rehearsal 3 back sound example :
Original Sequence: B-D-A next letter: B  Click sound 
Reversed rehearsal: A-D-B next letter: B Click sound 

(your last letter in the reversed sequence needs to be the next letter you hear )


Benefits: This gives you a way to constantly update your sound wm by having the last letter you heard as the first input and the letter you need to match as the last. My n back levels dropped quite a bit after using this but it forced me to use rehearsal and i think it also forced sound mental manipulation. This FORCES YOU to rehearse.

It also seems like due to the higher manipulation of mental data, the amount of information you're reversing in a certain amount of time gets larger forcing you to think faster. This might lead to a higher fluid intelligence gains

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