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Brain Training Games Don't Train Your Brain

Posted by timothy on from the maybe-it-just-takes-more-than-6-weeks dept.

Stoobalou writes with this excerpt from Thinq.co.uk: "A new study has shown that brain training games do little to exercise the grey matter. Millions of people who have been prodding away at their Nintendo DS portable consoles, smug in the knowledge that they are giving their brains a proper work-out, might have to rethink how they are going to stop the contents of their skulls turning into mush."

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  1. Very well then by eln · · Score: 5, Funny

    No more brain training. It's back to killing it slowly with beer for me.

    1. Re:Very well then by Farmer+Tim · · Score: 4, Funny

      With enough beer that's swimming training.

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  2. Ashes to ashes, mush to mush by tomcode · · Score: 3, Funny

    You can't stop your brain from slowly turning to mush. You may as well enjoy the ride.

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    1. Re:Ashes to ashes, mush to mush by Chris+Burke · · Score: 5, Funny

      On average, PhD.s have much healthier brains than most people, even in their 90s or older.

      Well, that settles it. I'm off to buy my PhD from the University of Phoenix. I can't wait until I can hang my diploma on the wall and bask in it's brain-preserving rays. ;)

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  3. Sweet Game! by Noxzoul · · Score: 4, Funny

    "some worthless game where large-breasted ladies in not much clothing chop up mutant dinosaurs with giant chain saws" I want this game.

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  4. Re:Won't turn you into a genius but probably helps by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 3, Funny

    Take someone who has been playing Contra for years, and stick them in front of Quake 3, and see how well developed their "gaming skills" really are, as opposed to their "Contra skills".

    Yeah, up up, down down, left right, left right, B A doesn't work in Quake 3. So much for memorization.

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