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The Healthy Skeptic: Brain Training Games

Can brain-training games help your brain stay sharp? Many people use them in hopes of improving memory and warding off dementia, but the claims for these programs often outruns the science.
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Brain Training for Kids: Adding a Human Touch

Do toys and games improve thinking or IQ, or do they just make a child better at playing the games?
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Do Complex Tasks Train Your Brain to be More Efficient?

Musicians and people who speak multiple languages are faster at identifying sound location and type but show differences in speed of recalling past sounds.
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Q&A with Walter R. Boot and Arthur F. Kramer

Does cognitive training really sharpen the mind? We ask a few questions of Walter R. Boot, Ph.D., and Arthur F. Kramer, Ph.D.
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The Brain-Games Conundrum: Does Cognitive Training Really Sharpen the Mind?

Few topics in the world of neuroscience evoke as much debate as the effectiveness of cognitive training. Do you misplace your keys regularly? Forget appointments? Have trouble remembering names? No worries. A host of companies promise to “train” your brain with games designed to stave off mental decline. Regardless of their effectiveness, their advertising has convinced tens of thousands of people to open their wallets. As our authors review the research on cognitive-training products, they expose the science surrounding the benefits of brain games as sketchy at best.

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