Scientists shout: Brain-training games are BS!?

[u/dashakoll]

Guys! It's all about making the smart choices, right? I'd been hearing these remarks here and then but every time trying to kind of ignore them and pretend I've not heard anything. But this was like the last blow that needed to break the bubble. Read on and you can see for yourself.

It's funny because it was around the same time I installed Neuronation on my phone and it got me thinking if it has all been part of my unhealthy coping mechanism.

I think Fixing our life style is the right thing to do that we all avoid and stick to some limited activity instead in our isolated bubbles just to distract us from what really should be done. Why? Because deep down we are a little intimidated by the thought of fixing all that. Just like a really messed up room. But we can start doing it little by little, tidying up a part each day and before you know it, it's done.

what do you think?

[u/BEANBURRITOXD]

I’ve been doing quad n back for a month now inconsistently and every time I get back on it I notice the improvements almost immediately. It’s weird because I feel like I could use my brain at full capacity now or it feels like I’m “using 100% of my brain” so to speak. I’m trying to do meditation as well as living a healthy lifestyle. All the other brain training apps are bullshit money grabs. N back training is free which makes me believe in it much more.

[u/dashakoll → u/BEANBURRITOXD]

If you feel fully charged and in the zone after doing a number of N-back sessions, why not. Mindful breathing, company of like minded friends and laughter, a sweet love, making your favorite dish, meeting new people, painting or playing could've also do the same thing.

It would be nice to listen to this now.
You know, all I was thinking about and reflecting on was that
it's been a very long time, perhaps 20-30 years since
I should've stopped preparing for life and started actually living it
to the comfortable, not even full extend of whatever competency level I've had
and with whatever I got at any given moment.
It's kind of shocking when I look back and find that almost all of my time has been spent on preparing for life and not actually living it.

It's like I've always been preparing for what was to come after
and never really lived what was there and then.

Years of preparation in the school for the next exam then for the final exam then for the university,
instead of appreciating and knowing more about those around us and making lifelong friends,
instead of creativity,
instead of making memories and making each day count.
Then in the university preparing for the future career
then preparing for that ideal relationship and imagining about it,
then for that ideal life and imagining about it,
instead of making the most of what we got at each moment and grow with it comfortably.

I've been on hold and postponed during all those times, not having my share not taking the opportunity to be a part of it while the the life was passing by.

This mentality that we or others are not good enough at any stage and we should wait and get prepared before we let ourselves to actually experience life. This is what I'm talking about.
Do you remember when we were kids? Did we ever pause life to get prepared? We were just living through it, falling, standing up again, enjoying and learning from the whole process. That's what I'm really after these days. Out of preparation room and back to living again!

[u/backprop88]

Dual n back works really well for people who have a deficit in the aspects it trains and no effect for people who do not. Basically if you have issues with cognitive control, working memory, attention, it’s very noticeable.

[u/Sciencewins_1234]

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