Session number: 4

Average n-back: 2.4

I do about one session per day. Is this sufficient? Also, Should if this is sufficient should I keep working on stage 3 sessions, or do some sessions from stage 1 and 2 also? I just want to make sure I am training in the best possible way to improve. MCAT in t-minus 2 weeks!

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This post was submitted by Jordan.

Session number: 15

Average n-back: 2.45

It is interesting to see what combination of strategies work to move forward in average n-back (score). For me I am finding that a balance of reiterating exactly what I am trying to do and how to do it comes first, then I concentrate on motivating myself, then urging to focus and try hard, then tell myself to hear and see the combinations. When balanced between all these, I do better!

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This post was submitted by Wren Canzoneri.

Session number: 5

Average n-back: 2.8

Thanks Martin. Your tip and Andrew Clark’s post really helped me improve at n=3. I even got a chance to try n=4 in my last session! I have a question. Are some methods of doing the exercise better at exercising and improving the brain than others?

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This post was submitted by cmg.

Session number: 3

Average n-back: 2.5

On the first run through n-2 errors were kinda high but then I started chunking the info, which by the third session gave me pretty high n-2 that immediately bumps me to n-3 where it’s harder to chunk so I slip back down to n-2. Thus, 2.5 score. funny!

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This post was submitted by Lizzit.

Session number: 25

Average n-back: 3.5

Until today I hated the colors exercise because I just couldn’t get them right. Surprisingly, today I could even get to n5. Now I’m starting to like this exercise…

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This post was submitted by cristina.p.

Session number: 3

Average n-back: 3.2

Hey there everyone! Here’s a little method that really boosted my n-back scores. From struggling with 3 and 4 seeming impossible when I tried this method out I was very surprised to find myself actually get up to 5 a few times! (And not do that terribly either!)

On n=2 memorize the first two squares and their letters, as the next two come up, commit them to memory as well. Matching them if they did obviously. After you remember the second block of two eliminate the first one. An example.

(H F) : (G F!)
(G F) : (G! R)

On n=3 it’s the same except your remember it in blocks of three as opposed to two. (HFR-QFS) The number of sequences you remember is double the N number. N for one block, and another N for the matching/next block.

Good luck everyone! I hope this works for you. If it doesn’t, just try and find out how your brain likes to do everything. Train well!

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This post was submitted by Andrew Clark.

Session number: 6

Average n-back: 2.18

Hi,
I begin to feel low, because my results are worse and worse in stead of better and better.
I think this fact makes me tensed and my performance suffer still more.
Do you have any idea about how to behave in this situation?

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This post was submitted by Björn Hallenberg.

Session number: 18

Average n-back: 5.55

Hey Martin; I’ve been noticing a really odd occurrence as I have been training, and that is that my BFI tends to drop around 7 points in between my daily training sessions. By this I mean right after I trained on Thursday night, my BFI was sitting at 427. However, as I logged on to train tonight, my BFI was sitting at 420. Why does this drop occur when I haven’t done anything in between the sessions?

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This post was submitted by Kevin Cline.

Session number: 5

Average n-back: 2.45

This was my fifth session and my second dual-n-back session. I started off at n=2, and by the end, my aural and visual confidence and precision had significantly improved over my first dual-n-back session. I haven’t yet figured out how to handle n=3. For n=2, I realise that my approach is to recall and then match as I hear/see the letter/block. But for n=3, this approach is not working! I haven’t figured out how to remember 3 spaces back, while keeping track of new letters/blocks. Any tips? At least I am thinking about what my brain is doing and what different approach I might be able to take with my brain to get the job done. This is new and interesting.

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This post was submitted by cmg.

Session number: 1

Average n-back: 4.56

When does my dashboard start to display a BFI? Or is there is something else I need to get that value calculated?

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This post was submitted by amajorshinesus.