But it does seems to; my FAQ has a section on long breaks:
http://www.gwern.net/N-back%20FAQ.html#do-breaks-undo-my-work
So far no one has reported a long break which resulted in a fall back
to D1B or D2B and then progress upwards as slow as originally.
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Hm, now that I look, you are not listed in the FAQ section. I must
have missed your break. But regardless, going from somewhere on D8B to
D6B isn't necessarily that big a drop - D6B is still way beyond where
everyone starts, ~D2B. (And if running boosts you another level or
two, then the break did even less damage.)
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Figures. I've heard enough negativity concerning Polyphasic sleeping not to want to try it out anymore. Concerning DnB the only benefit I saw which I thought was rather strange. Was an increased ability in my favorite shooter at the time. It could have been placebo, with me just subconsciously expecting to get better. But for whatever reason I was beating people who a week before were shooting my face off.
Figures. I've heard enough negativity concerning Polyphasic sleeping not to want to try it out anymore. Concerning DnB the only benefit I saw which I thought was rather strange. Was an increased ability in my favorite shooter at the time. It could have been placebo, with me just subconsciously expecting to get better. But for whatever reason I was beating people who a week before were shooting my face off.Other than that I never noticed anything beneficial. I suppose I expected DnB to just have an obvious and amazing effect, maybe the reason I quit so soon was because I was disappointed. Disappointed that I wasn't solving rubik's cubes in my sleep :/
Huhwhat, 9n back appears to be almost impossible thing.. i started
just two days back and could reach to 3-n (probably after a total
exercise of around 2 hours. but 3-n appears so tough that even 6-n
appears unthinkable.
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I did my intermediate interval running program yesterday, and I managed to score 69% at level six, so next week I am probably at level 7. I am not sure though that it's a drop, it might very well has to do with motivation.
It also seems that I score roughly the same at level 5 as on level 6, perhaps more indicative of not trying hard enough.
It hasn't happened one single time that I have thought to myself that each new level is impossible, but my brain thinks otherwise. In other words, stick at it.
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