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Scientific critique of BBC/ Nature Brain Training Experiment
There has been quite a bit of comment about the Owen et al study in Nature available online on April 20, 2010. A quick synopsis of the study is that the BBC show Bang Goes the Theory worked with the study authors to provide a test of the hypothesis that commercially available brain training programs…
Read MoreBBC “Brain Training” Experiment: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly
You may already have read the hundreds of media articles today titled “brain training doesn’t work” and similar, based on the BBC “Brain Test Britain” experiment. Once more, claims seem to go beyond the science backing them up … except that in this case it is the researchers, not the developers, who are responsible. Let’s…
Read MoreBrain Training @ BBC/ Nature: Fact, Hope, Hype?
Update (04/20/10): after reading the full BBC study in Nature, I wrote the article titled BBC “Brain Training” Experiment: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly, saying that “you probably saw the hundreds of media articles titled “brain training doesn’t work”, based on a BBC experiment. Once more, claims seem to go beyond the science backing…
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