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Brain Training Game Boosts Executive Functions, Working Memory and Processing Speed in the Young Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Rui Nouchi; Yasuyuki Taki; Hikaru Takeuchi; Hiroshi Hashizume; Takayuki Nozawa; Toshimune Kambara; Atsushi Sekiguchi; Carlos Makoto Miyauchi; Yuka Kotozaki; Haruka Nouchi; Ryuta Kawashima is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Background Do brain training games work? The beneficial effects of brain training games are expected to transfer to other cognitive functions. Yet in all honesty, beneficial transfer effects of the commercial brain training games in young adults have little scientific basis. Here we investigated the impact of the brain training game (__Brain Age__) on a wide range of cognitive functions in young adults. ## Methods We conducted a double-blind (de facto masking) randomized controlled trial using a popular brain training game (__Brain Age__) and a popular puzzle game (__Tetris__). Thirty-two volunteers were recruited through an advertisement in the local newspaper and randomly assigned to either of two game groups (__Brain Age__, __Tetris__). Participants in both the __Brain Age__ and the __Tetris__ groups played their game for about 15 minutes per day, at least 5 days per week, for 4 weeks. Measures of the cognitive functions were conducted before and after training. Measures of the cognitive functions fell into eight categories (fluid intelligence, executive function, working memory, short-term memory, attention, processing speed, visual ability, and reading ability). ## Results
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- Author
- Rui Nouchi; Yasuyuki Taki; Hikaru Takeuchi; Hiroshi Hashizume; Takayuki Nozawa; Toshimune Kambara; Atsushi Sekiguchi; Carlos Makoto Miyauchi; Yuka Kotozaki; Haruka Nouchi; Ryuta Kawashima
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)