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#26 Guest_guoman

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Posted 03 July 2008 - 03:36 AM

i really doubt it helps unless u are really stupid
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Posted 03 July 2008 - 05:32 AM

OK someone mentioned something about grades in school. There is a large difference between intelligence and knowledge. You can get good grades in school and not be the most intelligent, also you can be the most intelligent and not get good grades. I don't know whether or not the games raise your intelligence or knowledge or both. My thoughts are this, if you are currently using your brain quite often, as when you are taking classes, you may not see much help form the game as your normal activities already activate your brain in the same way the game does. However, if you don't normally push your brain the game could help quite a bit. Also, it depends on how you use the game. There are things in the game that it can't tell how you did or even if you did it. Such as drawing the pictures. If you really concentrate on trying to draw a good picture you will get more benefit than if you don't.
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Posted 03 July 2008 - 10:27 AM

well i played brain age 2 i dont know if it works eheh
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Posted 03 July 2008 - 10:41 AM

I'm workin' on it right now... not too sure it's helping me - but I sure HOPE IT HELPS! LOL (however, having said that - I think it'll help on reflexes and quick thought processes more than anything.)
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Posted 03 July 2008 - 11:00 AM

I totally think it kind of helps with basic facts and stuff, but I don't think it really raises your IQ. I think it's just meant to help your mental reflexes and just warm you up for certain things.P.S. Dabomb, it times you. Your score is based on time and number of correct questions.
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Posted 03 July 2008 - 11:43 AM

training your brain doesn't meen u suddenly know your history lesson,it helps you keeping your brain more active then when watching (sleeping) televisionit mostly helps you to learn the basic equations so you don't grab your calculator to calculate even the very simple stuffso yes.. it works in some way
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Posted 03 July 2008 - 12:20 PM

i don't think it works....don't feel any smarter :)
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Posted 11 July 2008 - 09:45 AM

well at first i thought it did work,but someone told me that it actually doesnt, that your brain just gets used to solving maths problems and stuff like that...so it doesnt actually make you "smarter"
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Posted 11 July 2008 - 01:23 PM

I played the first one and got a brain score of 54 on first go. every time i did the daily brain test after that i got between 20-23, no lie. the starting exam is much more critical towards your brain age. i honestly don't think it works. for me anyway.
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Posted 11 July 2008 - 05:57 PM

hmm im not sure i used it before my maths exam and im not sure that it helped. All the games on the 2nd one are to do with maths with only 2 english ones and 1 music ones.so i dont know tbh.
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Posted 11 July 2008 - 09:00 PM

Visual Flash training one... i find that it helps slightly.but i think these training games only work if you do it daily.
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Posted 11 July 2008 - 09:33 PM

Ok people let's get this one straight, brain training games aren't made to make you smarter, but to make you think more efficient, remember things better and that sort of things. Seeing from that perspective they do work (besides they have to or else theywill have complaints of angry costumers who want their money back)
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Posted 13 July 2008 - 01:16 AM

Um, I don't know if the brain games have helped me at all like in real life, but it has helped me on the game. And yeah, after not playing it a while I get lower scores, but that's normal I guess.Overall, your brain should get enough activity during the day without having to play, the game just helps you. Unless you're having like a total unproductive brain-dead day where you're just laying down for 24/7, then I reccommend using the game more often. XD=p
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Posted 13 July 2008 - 12:23 PM

it works for sure i am realy bad at math and i am can see i am inproved myself
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Posted 13 July 2008 - 07:52 PM

I think that It only helps a little, I don't think you'll become the smartest person ever, but I think you'll get a little smarter.
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Posted 13 July 2008 - 08:27 PM

dont really feel like it helped me at all in fact i might feel dumber on parts you cant finish
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Posted 13 July 2008 - 10:33 PM

I think its very personally ... for some people it really works ... for other its make no sense
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Posted 30 July 2008 - 03:46 AM

also... in my view only a little bit... from 47 to 32 :) Kev :)
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Posted 30 July 2008 - 05:34 AM

I think it works. I started being faster at answering the questions everytime. but after a while of not playing I went back to the beginning again.
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Posted 30 July 2008 - 08:17 AM

it worksthats all i have to say
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Posted 30 July 2008 - 11:57 AM

I think that yes couse every time I play, I'm faster
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Posted 30 July 2008 - 02:46 PM

i´ll try this from today.... and as soon i can i´ll post something about.... other brain training games are really cool.... and i´m better on then every day !sorry my english... i´m from brazil.
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Posted 31 July 2008 - 05:52 AM

the only thing it does here is train your brain to do well at the tasks that you are training it for.
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Posted 13 August 2008 - 10:46 PM

no, brain training doesn't work
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Posted 15 August 2008 - 06:40 AM

Who would make a game that doesn't wo... (Wait, nevermind).Well I think it does works... Slowly, but it does.
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