EEGs taken before and after the training showed that the biggest changes occurred in the brains of the group that trained using the “dual n-back” method (right). (credit: Kara J. Blacker/JHU)
A leading brain-training game called “dual n-back” was significantly better in improving memory and attention than a competing “complex span” game, Johns Hopkins University researchers found in a recent experiment.*
These results, published Monday Oct. 16, 2017 in an open-access paper in the Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, suggest it’s possible to train the brain like other body parts — with targeted workouts to improve the cognitive skills needed when tasks are new and you can’t just rely on old knowledge and habits, says co-author Susan Courtney, a Johns Hopkins neuroscientist and professor of psychological and brain sciences.
Johns Hopkins University | The Best Way to Train Your Brain: A Game
...(You can try an online version of the dual n-back test/game here and of the digit-span test here.
The training programs Johns Hopkins compared are tools scientists rely on to test the brain’s working memory, not the commercial products sold to consumers. )--30 percent improvement in working memory
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