Are brain training games even legitimate, or are they as useful as snake oil?
[QUOTE=ADSmaster724;49470307]Are brain training games even legitimate, or are they as useful as snake oil?[/QUOTE]
As far as I know they are exceedingly good... at making you better at the tasks they make you do.
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;49470753]As far as I know they are exceedingly good... at making you better at the tasks they make you do.[/QUOTE]
Well to be far if you do the same task over and over again you'll eventually get good at it..
Also known as "placebo".
[quote]In advertising, it claimed using the games for 10 to 15 minutes three or four times a week could help users achieve their "full potential in every aspect of life".[/quote]
This right here was a major red flag from the start
nothing that promises to make you good at everything easily is ever going to fulfill it
[QUOTE=bloboo;49474411]wasn't their whole marketing scheme something like, blast everyone with annoying ads to kill their braincells that tell them lumosity is a sham, leading these victims to try out lumosity[/QUOTE]
Yeah, it pretty much was "pay to play flash games that [b][i]may[/b][/i] improve your brain, all while we show graphs and numbers for the illusion of some sort of progression. "
Ahaha, shoulda known it was bullshit from the start.
[QUOTE=Mechwarrior;49478080]Ahaha, shoulda known it was bullshit from the start.[/QUOTE]
I mean there's actual scientific backing to shit like this helping you, just nowhere near what they claim.
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