Cenk Uygur
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How Believing In Brain Training Games Changes Results
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June 25, 2016
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4:29Now PlayingYou may have seen advertisements for games that supposedly increase your brain’s performance. Do they work? Brett Erlich and Grace Baldridge (Pop Trigger), hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"That’s why brain training games — computer-based memory puzzles — have ballooned into a billion-dollar industry in recent years. The idea is these memory games could help boost what’s known as fluid intelligence, which is the ability to reason (as opposed to crystallized, accumulated knowledge).
But here is the sad truth: Brain training games likely don’t work. In January, the Federal Trade Commission called out Lumos Labs, the makers of a popular brain-training app, for deceptive advertising, and hit them with a $2 million fine. "For years, researchers have looked into brain games and found that they simply don't have the real-world benefits they purport to," Vox's Julia Belluz explained at the time.
And now, there's even more evidence. A new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences demonstrates how the evidence in favor of brain training is likely just a placebo.”*
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Hosts: Brett Erlich, Grace Baldridge
Cast: Brett Erlich, Grace Baldridge
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