Scientific Evidence Does Not Support 'Brain Game' Claims

Well shit. What are we supposed to do for our cognitive training to reduce our chances of getting dementia? What does your doctor suggest?
Ask for something specific. Not this crap statement, 'All strokes are different, all stroke recoveries are different'.
http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2014/10/scientific-evidence-does-not-support-brain-game-claims?
The Stanford Center for Longevity joined today with the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in issuing a statement skeptical about the effectiveness of so-called "brain game" products. Signing the document were 69 scholars, including six from Stanford and cognitive psychologists and neuroscientists from around the world.

 

Laura Carstensen, a Stanford psychology professor and the director of the Center for Longevity, said as baby boomers enter their golden years, commercial companies are all too often promising quick fixes for cognition problems through products that are unlikely to produce broad improvements in everyday functioning.

 

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