Comments on: Does brain training work? http://www.drjonathanreed.co.uk/wordpress/2009/03/does-brain-training-work/ A blog by Dr Jonathan Reed Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:14:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Berends http://www.drjonathanreed.co.uk/wordpress/2009/03/does-brain-training-work/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Berends Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:46:30 +0000 http://www.drjonathanreed.co.uk/wordpress/?p=201#comment-83 What a great post! Thanks so much, please visit my blog, if you know polish. <a href="http://albinowie.pl" rel="nofollow">scenografia</a> What a great post! Thanks so much, please visit my blog, if you know polish. scenografia

]]> By: Derek Robertson http://www.drjonathanreed.co.uk/wordpress/2009/03/does-brain-training-work/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Derek Robertson Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:13:19 +0000 http://www.drjonathanreed.co.uk/wordpress/?p=201#comment-25 Apologies for the poor spelling/typing. Didn't check before hitting send! Apologies for the poor spelling/typing. Didn’t check before hitting send!

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.drjonathanreed.co.uk/wordpress/2009/03/does-brain-training-work/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Jonathan Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:09:40 +0000 http://www.drjonathanreed.co.uk/wordpress/?p=201#comment-24 Hi Derek Yes I was going to amend my entry as I have just come across your study- wasn't aware of it before. Very good to see some published research in this area and it is a good study. My point is that the DS brain training game is very general and whilst you have shown improvements I think looking at training specific areas where plasticity is most likely may lead to bigger gains. I do believe that brain training has the potential to work and I think your work in this area in schools is very interesting. Hi Derek

Yes I was going to amend my entry as I have just come across your study- wasn’t aware of it before. Very good to see some published research in this area and it is a good study. My point is that the DS brain training game is very general and whilst you have shown improvements I think looking at training specific areas where plasticity is most likely may lead to bigger gains. I do believe that brain training has the potential to work and I think your work in this area in schools is very interesting.

]]> By: Derek Robertson http://www.drjonathanreed.co.uk/wordpress/2009/03/does-brain-training-work/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Derek Robertson Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:43:30 +0000 http://www.drjonathanreed.co.uk/wordpress/?p=201#comment-23 Your reference to my work as anecdotal is not quite right there Jonathan. That BBC report ws about work that I did with my colleague from the University of Dundee and it has just been published in the British Journal oif Educational Technology. Do brain training games work? You bet they do if used in an appropriate and targetd way. We are now writing up our extended study that took place last summer with 634 children and this found similar results to the first small scale research that we did. Teachers know about planning for learning and what motivates children to attain and to a man and woman they all talk so highly of ewhat we did in Scotland and how it has undoubdtedly help children's attainment and their atitude to getting better at mental maths. In schools in Scotland where they are using the DS it's cool to be good at maths. If this isn't helping children learn then I don't what does. Your reference to my work as anecdotal is not quite right there Jonathan. That BBC report ws about work that I did with my colleague from the University of Dundee and it has just been published in the British Journal oif Educational Technology. Do brain training games work? You bet they do if used in an appropriate and targetd way. We are now writing up our extended study that took place last summer with 634 children and this found similar results to the first small scale research that we did. Teachers know about planning for learning and what motivates children to attain and to a man and woman they all talk so highly of ewhat we did in Scotland and how it has undoubdtedly help children’s attainment and their atitude to getting better at mental maths. In schools in Scotland where they are using the DS it’s cool to be good at maths. If this isn’t helping children learn then I don’t what does.

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