I sincerely doubt they make you noticably smarter, unless you play them consistantly for a long time... and in any case, playing something like the Sudoku on the same game, or the NYT Crosswords will probably make you smarter...
Brain games: do they really make you smarter?
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Posted 28 June 2007 - 07:46 PM
this game is kind of cool , allows u to do a lot of things
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Posted 28 June 2007 - 10:17 PM
They kinda doBut not like Science intelligence, but just to jog your memorylike jigsaw puzzles =]
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Posted 28 June 2007 - 10:19 PM
i think while you think it isnt making you smarter, it is subconsiously doing so and begin to memorize things and all that.
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Posted 28 June 2007 - 10:54 PM
im pretty sure they havent made me any smarter.. they jog your memory more than they teach you new things
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Posted 28 June 2007 - 11:42 PM
*sigh*They don't make you smarter, they just make you use your brain in ways you wouldn't normally, so your brain can use more pathways.Duh.
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Posted 28 June 2007 - 11:53 PM
for me sometimes they do really make me a little smarter but also some headaches.
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Posted 29 June 2007 - 01:14 AM
i think they help you get a little bit smarter but not as much as reading a book or something
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Posted 29 June 2007 - 01:25 AM
i think the only way it makes u smarter is on the stuff ur doing not overall
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Posted 29 June 2007 - 04:16 AM
I guess they keep your mind more alert and not as lazy, but they don't significantly impact your "smartness".
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Posted 29 June 2007 - 04:45 AM
ya i think they make u smarter
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Posted 29 June 2007 - 09:05 AM
I think that they are practicing you to answer the same question again n again. There is no the word "ideal" for the reality, you can't expect it to make you smarter. It only can enhance your reponse towards specific situation only.
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Posted 29 June 2007 - 09:08 AM
I think it really help to improve your memory and it really makes you smarter,, if you train EVERY day
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Posted 29 June 2007 - 09:08 AM
i played them they do make u smarter
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Posted 29 June 2007 - 09:13 AM
do they really make you smarter? Yes
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Posted 29 June 2007 - 09:51 AM
Honestly, the research concerning the matter is quite undecided. I mean, I can imagine that calculating each day helps your brain a bit, but the other stuff ... hmm ... From those Brain Games, Brain Age seems to be the most serious one. For me at least logically the games make sense ... and might improve something.Actually, I am playing Brain Age not that much because I hope to improve my brain, but because it is fun. I love 'low to high', oh and not fogetting the excellent sudoku adaption.
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Posted 29 June 2007 - 04:19 PM
i only just got more brain trainging but i think it probably will make me smarteranything that makes you think and use your brain will technically make you smarter
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Posted 30 June 2007 - 07:43 AM
well,i geuss so, i mean after doing all that math you got to learn something. 
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Posted 30 June 2007 - 07:46 AM
i think they teach u a little like 10% more
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Posted 30 June 2007 - 08:11 AM
my sister has brain academy and i've got brain age and this other more random seeming one called brain something. brain academy is just fun, that's why i play it. brain age has sudoku, enough said, and the other one is kind of not actually that fun, not gonna lie. all in all, i don't care if they make you smarter, i just think they're fun... the first two anyway.
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Posted 03 July 2007 - 02:26 PM
they could initially, but i think we just end up cheating and the objective becomes to win, not to actually "exercise and stimulate our brains".. so as long as we keep their purpose in mind and don't play them TOO much, i think they help. i mean, how hard are the questions? i.e. brain age? those math questions?? it's just speed.. and i think that provides a good exercise for our brains, but we're not gonna get phDs by beating those games. so conclusion: good practice/good "stretching exercises for the brain," but don't really increase intelligence
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Posted 05 July 2007 - 01:22 PM
I think these kinds of games are likely to work well for the audience that they are targeted at. That's about all I have to say ^__^;
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Posted 05 July 2007 - 02:00 PM
no sure... will d/l when i have enff point
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Posted 05 July 2007 - 02:28 PM
No.So go back revising your chemistry or whatever, helps more than doing these 
