'The scientific review rated brain training as having “moderate” strength evidence of effectiveness in addressing cognitive aging and dementia. It found all other areas examined had insufficient or low evidence.
This means that AHRQ—the federal agency responsible for measuring healthcare quality—found more evidence for brain training than anything else. That’s a major change in priorities!’
That’s Lumosity though, BrainHQ is a far superior program. I agree that Lumosity is a weak program.
I’ve trained for months both with Lumosity and with BrainHQ just to try them out. All Lumosity did was boost my energy levels but BrainHQ gave a dramatic increase in speed and memory. You have to remember that people who are already doing well benefit the most from training, and mentally slow people benefit less. Statistically the people who benefit least drag down the average results given in the publications, but some people would get a big boost in cognition. It’s like all schooling in that there’s a Bell Curve of ability and results.
I’ve tried several of these at free(Brain HQ) and paid levels and have seen a mix of minor improvements that have then stalled ie Brain HQ and actually doing worse with repeated attempts with cognifit and others.
I would say overall it has not helped my cognition much. A confounding factor may be that such training is not geared to those of us with diagnosed or probable learning disabilities(US definition) . I know that most of these require a fast speed of reaction that I just do not have.
According to a month old article published in FastCompany, brain training works only if it is from BrainHW or Cognifit. The main issue is to define brain training. Most other brain training programs seem to be purely video games with no proof that they work.
