Who's right and who's wrong?
January 27th 2009 21:24
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And no, that, of itself is not a right brain, left brain consideration.
But the great Nintendo Brain Age game is in question as to just what it achieves.
From: the Christian Science Monitor:
Alain Lieury, a professor of cognitive psychology at the University of Rennes, has found that the use of “edutainment” titles made little difference in tests. His research tested 67 10-year-olds.
“That’s the age where you have the best chance of improvement,” Professor Lieury says. “If it doesn’t work on children, it won’t work on adults.” The children were split into four groups. The first two did a seven-week memory course on a Nintendo DS, the third did puzzles with pencils and paper, and the fourth just went to school as normal.
Researchers found that the two groups using the game system showed little significant improvement in memory tests. They did 19 percent better in math – but so did the pencil-and-paper group, followed by the “go to school as normal” group, with an 18 percent increase.
The finding seems to contradict a similar study from Scotland conducted on schoolkids last year. It found that use of the game increased math scores and boosted students’ standardized test performance – by as much as 50 percent.
“That’s the age where you have the best chance of improvement,” Professor Lieury says. “If it doesn’t work on children, it won’t work on adults.” The children were split into four groups. The first two did a seven-week memory course on a Nintendo DS, the third did puzzles with pencils and paper, and the fourth just went to school as normal.
Researchers found that the two groups using the game system showed little significant improvement in memory tests. They did 19 percent better in math – but so did the pencil-and-paper group, followed by the “go to school as normal” group, with an 18 percent increase.
The finding seems to contradict a similar study from Scotland conducted on schoolkids last year. It found that use of the game increased math scores and boosted students’ standardized test performance – by as much as 50 percent.
So rather than spend your hard earned dollar, go to school, get yourself a pen and some recycled paper, do the environment a favour, that's altruism, it's good for you and work at those maths, English and other skills.
Or maybe there are better brain training exercises because how many of us are going to use those papers and pencils, let alone hunt up the activities.
Professor Lieury’s recommendation for staying sharp: read, help children with homework, play sudoku (which is included in Brain Age 2), and watch documentaries instead of soap operas
Maybe, just maybe, you should have a look at my computer art and try some for yourself, certainly I must put up some more compare the pair images soon to sharpen up your wits as the implement for brain sharpening has not been invented yet and a pencil sharpener just won't do, but perhaps if you use it, after you'e sharpened it, it may just do the trick.
Happy thinking and puzzling.
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