So if brain training games do not work, what exactly is your doctor prescribing to prevent your cognitive decline post-stroke?
http://longevity3.stanford.edu/blog/2014/10/15/the-consensus-on-the-brain-training-industry-from-the-scientific-community-2/
One line from there:
However at this point it is not appropriate to conclude that
training-induced changes go significantly beyond the learned skills,
that they affect broad abilities with real-world relevance, or that they
generally promote “brain health”.
I have to agree that brain training only helps you do that particular task well, it does not translate to the big world out there. I have used Lumosity off and on for several years, but my memory is still declining, despite that Luminosity tells me that memory is my best area of expertise. I dip not have a lot of difficulty recalling the names of the characters in the Familiar Faces game, but I have just joined a support group for the unemployed who have poor self esteem, and I know the name of the teacher and ONE of the other attendees there, despite that we are all introduce ourselves at the beginning of every session. In my early twenties, I worked at a restaurant as a drinks waitress, I used to remember the drinks that were ordered at a table and go back and make them up and deliver them to the correct person, plus for a while, until alcohol and stress killed my memory, remember every drink I served on every one of 13 tables during the night, so that at the end of the evening the guys could make up the bills knowing that I had recorded all drink purchases. Despite playing Familiar Faces for the last two years, I struggle to remember the food orders of only 3 characters at any particular time. In a real life cafe situation, I would not have a hope of remembering anything that had been ordered.
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