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Improving the Brain Training article: Ideas[edit]

I am very much a newbie just getting my feet wet through the Wikipedia Fellows program. I will be able to free considerable time in February (two days a week0 to focusing on this topic. Here are some incipent ideas for improvement: Ideas for improving:

A. Add to commercial programs listed:

1) LearningRX

2) Luminosity

3) Neuronation

4) BrainHQ (Posit Science)

B. Add information about marketing:Sharpbrain.com Virtual conferences

C. Add scientific research references.

<a href="https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/a-guide-to-cognitive-fitness">Harvard Medical School Guide to Cognitive Fitness</a>
<a href="https://www.alz.org/brain-health/brain_health_overview.asp">Alzheimer's Association Articles</a>
<a href="http://www.corebrainjournal.com/2017/04/107-brain-health-alzheimers-revisted-braun/">Dr. Michelle Braun's insights (also visit her Psychology Today blogs and her web page): </a>
<a href="http://www.oprah.com/health_wellness/steps-to-take-now-to-prevent-dementia/all#.WqvBpUhIdWg.email">A recent Oprah wellness presentation</a>
<a href="https://brainhealth.nia.nih.gov">National Institute of Health/ Aging Resources</a>
<a href="http://nationalacademies.org/hmd/reports/2017/preventing-cognitive-decline-and-dementia-a-way-forward.aspx">Preventing Cognitive Decline and Dementia: A Way Forward (2017)</a>
<a href="https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/">The Human Brain Project</a>
<a href="https://www.aarp.org/health/brain-health/global-council-on-brain-health/?cmp=RDRCT-GCBH_Main_10_26_015">The Global Council on Brain Health</a>
<a href="https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/neurological-institute/departments-and-centers/research-centers/center-for-brain-health-and-performance/news-and-events">Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center</a>
<a href="https://www.sfn.org/public-outreach/brainfacts-dot-org">Brainfacts.org</a>

Ddscuriousdavid (talk) 15:51, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Oprah.com?

No. Most too commercial and WP:OR. Zezen (talk) 08:57, 2 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Examples please[edit]

Much as other places on the Internet I've found, this Wikipedia article doesn't seem to provide any concrete examples of activities performed to accomplish brain training / retraining. Without that, it's very difficult to know what we're actually talking about. Are these trade secrets? If not, I would advise adding several examples and explaining the purpose of each. If so, I would advise saying so in the article. 75.174.86.18 (talk) 22:27, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What for? The import of this article is that they do not work. Zezen (talk) 08:55, 2 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I would be curious to see if any do work. Have any studies of any techniques been shown to be effective, or are they all unequivocally useless? I'm not sure this has been completely researched enough to consider it a closed consideration. Itsallinthedetails (talk) 04:03, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Although there is some evidence against brain training in a general sense, that doesn't constitute all brain training on specific tasks as being ineffective. I would be curious to know more about the social interaction aspect of brain training. What exactly do they constitute as social interaction? Does this include social media interaction, negative interactions, or simply face-to-face and positive interactions? Summerkober (talk) 18:57, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]