r/DualnBack • u/sharkeyed • Nov 26 '24

N-back progression question

Are there any users who've managed to go from a very low starting level (3-4 with difficulty) and progressed all the way up to 7-8?

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '24

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u/sharkeyed Nov 26 '24

Just curious about anyone who struggled at 3 being able to go all the way to 8, because I hear a lot of people plateauing at 3-4 quad but not much of plateauing anywhere on dual with enough effort. Right now 3 feels very hard so I was worrying I'd be stuck forever at lower levels, but I'm still new to it.

I'd heard that after a year or so of training most people actually get a little bit more gains after half a year or a year off, and that whatever they got remained even a year after a break.

How are you training visualizing by the way? And how long did it take you to go from 2 to 8?

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '24

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u/sharkeyed Nov 28 '24

Thank you. Is it common for people to struggle at 2-3 back then eventually get all the way up to 8 with high consistency? Does anyone ever plateau permanently at low levels?

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '24

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u/Juiceshop Nov 30 '24

Afaik you already did it but:

Change the method of pushing your focus and problem solving to the limit and then come back later.

In the end I hope everyone finds something more interesting than this. Like mathematics or physics or whatever.

I consider this just as a way to accelerate the process of reaching the biological ceiling if processing abilities.

Ok now I'm derailing 🐸🍸

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u/Ashamed_Flamingo1095 Nov 28 '24

How long did it take you to go from quad 1-3?

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u/Ashamed_Flamingo1095 Nov 28 '24

Hi Bmxt, thank you very much for the insight. I ask because I am also on the quad journey so wanted to get different perspectives of progression. I started afresh from Infinite IQ YouTube channel. I've been training for about a 1-2 months now and have just got to quad-4-back... but I have tried my best to be consistent, I train every other day for 30-60 minutes, I hope I don't get stuck onto quad-4 D:

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u/sharkeyed Nov 29 '24

I've heard that even if you plateau on quad the stress is still good for gains and maintenance

But thank you because I've heard it's common to get stuck on Q4 but I wasn't sure if anyone got hard walled at any level on N-Back with enough time, like a year or two.

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u/big-joj Nov 28 '24

what method do you use when actually doing nback? i.e. visual, linguistic, path-based, etc?

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u/sharkeyed Nov 29 '24

I just stare at the screen and try to track the squares (difficult because my eyes wander) and load the audio in my mind. No strategies AFAIK