Study: Brain Training Apps Don't Make You Smarter

研究指出：大腦訓練APP並不會讓你變聰明

主持人：陳彣 (Neil)

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Brain training is a growing, multi-billion dollar industry. But do popular apps like Lumosity improve our memories or make us smarter? The short answer is "no", according to research from Western University in Ontario, Canada.

The researchers compared more than 1,000 people who often used brain training programs with over 7,500 people who didn't use them. The participants came from all over the world, had different levels of education, and were between the ages of 18 and 100.

After giving the participants 12 cognitive tests, the scientists found no real difference in results between the brain trainers and non-brain trainers. The top apps used by the brain trainers were Lumosity, Peak and Elevate.

The scientists then decided to see if the top 15% of people who brain trained the longest — 18 months or more — were better than people who didn't use brain-training apps at all. Again, the answer was "no".

But did age make a difference? Some brain training apps suggest they can help our memories as we get older. So, the team looked at the cognitive test results of 18- to 30-year-olds and 55- to 86-year-olds.

But again, they couldn't see any real difference in results for either age group, regardless of how long they trained.

Summary
研究人員將1,000多名經常使用大腦訓練軟體的人，和超過7,500名不使用的人做比較。 來自世界各地的參與者們，教育程度皆不同，年齡介於18歲和100歲之間。在給予這些參與者12項認知測驗之後，科學家發現特別訓練大腦的人，和沒有訓練大腦的人，認知測驗的結果並沒有實質上的差異。 

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