{"id":1550,"date":"2009-02-27T08:30:10","date_gmt":"2009-02-27T08:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nintendodsstockists.co.uk\/?p=1550"},"modified":"2009-02-27T08:30:10","modified_gmt":"2009-02-27T08:30:10","slug":"do-brain-training-games-really-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/do-brain-training-games-really-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Brain Training Games Really Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A number of scientists have disputed claims that brain training games can improve your memory and keep your mind healthy.<\/p>\n<p>Consumer magazine <a href=\"http:\/\/www.which.co.uk\/news\/2009\/02-feb\/brain-trainers-claims-strain-credibility-169497.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">Which?<\/a> assembled a team of experts to examine the research behind such claims and found that there wasn\u2019t much evidence to back them up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1551 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nintendodsstockists.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/brain-training2-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"brain-training2\" width=\"216\" height=\"143\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Brain Training\u2019s instruction booklet says \u201ctraining can help consolidate memory and creativity and may hopefully help develop a resistance against decline in later life\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But the Which? panel of scientists disagreed. \u201cThere is no evidence that using this product will have any functional impact on your life whatsoever,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The scientists also reached similar conclusions after examining fellow brain training games Mindfit, Test and Improve Your Memory, Lumosity and Mind Spa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf people enjoy using these games, then they should continue to do so \u2013 that\u2019s a no-brainer,\u201d said Which? editor Martyn Hocking. \u201cBut if people are under the illusion that these devices are scientifically proven to keep their minds in shape, they need to think again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you feel mentally energised after a session with Dr. Kawashima or Big Brain Academy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of scientists have disputed claims that brain training games can improve your memory and keep your mind healthy. Consumer magazine Which? assembled a team of experts to examine the research behind such claims and found that there wasn\u2019t much evidence to back them up. Brain Training\u2019s instruction booklet says \u201ctraining can help consolidate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"amazonpipp_noncename":"","amazon-product-isactive":"","amazon-product-single-asin":"","amazon-product-content-location":"","amazon-product-content-hook-override":"","amazon-product-excerpt-hook-override":"","amazon-product-singular-only":"","amazon-product-amazon-desc":"","amazon-product-show-gallery":"","amazon-product-show-features":"","amazon-product-newwindow":"","amazon-product-show-list-price":"","amazon-product-show-used-price":"","amazon-product-show-saved-amt":"","amazon-product-timestamp":"","amazon-product-new-title":"","amazon-product-use-cartURL":"","amazon_featured_post_meta_key":"","_amazon_featured_alt":"","amazon-product-template":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}