The group in the Marketplace test underwent a complete cognitive assessment that assessed performance in memory, reasoning, concentration and planning. No 'magic bullet'īut researchers are concerned that the benefits of brain training have been overstated. "I started getting excited about the possibility of leveraging your brain's plasticity and the way it changes to make a product that people could use and to really become more empowered about taking control of your own brain," he said in an interview with the technology news site TechCrunch. Co-founder Michael Scanlon said he started to learn about the brain after both his grandmothers were diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Well designed cognitive training studies include sufficient training time - at least 10 hours." Numerous studies have shown that cognitive training, including Lumosity, improves cognitive performance. In a statement, the company said: "We cannot comment on unpublished research. Lumosity declined to speak with Marketplace on camera about the investigation. "Lumosity is a personal trainer that helps you exercise your brain," a video on the company's website says. Membership costs $15 per month.Ī 2007 press release from the company calls the games "a scientifically developed online brain fitness program demonstrated to improve memory and attention with fun and effective brain workouts."
Members are supposed to play the games for 15 minutes, three to five times a week. The Lumosity program is made up of more than 40 games designed to improve cognitive abilities, including memory, attention and problem solving. “I don't think there's anything to say that you can train your brain to be cognitively better in the way that we know that we can train our bodies to be physically better,” says neuroscientist Adrian Owen.
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