Session number: 3

Average n-back: 37.2

I have to say that this is a great program. I’ve gotten stuck on this one. Some people wonder how I know all sorts of things, while I’m wondering how to get past 5 on this thing. But nothing is impossible; I’ll make it there eventually. (P.S. I’M A BANANA!!! Sorry. ADD.)

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This post was submitted by Carson.

Session number: 2

Average n-back: 5.4

So i’m back on track. Was able to go up to 6n on the first exercise and to 4n in the second. I’m exercising daily, keeping my brain active with chess, go, logic and math, reading lots, sleeping well. I’ve cut down on coffee (from 4 cups a day to 2) and drinking green/black tea instead, and lots of water. I’m feeling great. Wide awake, active, and im starting to notice improvements in memory… I feel quite agile and am very motivated

Thanks for the great program!

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This post was submitted by Miguel Guasch.

Session number: 4

Average n-back: 3

I just did the meditation before I stared my daily session and I improved a great deal, I was more focused than before when i just did the session without the meditation

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This post was submitted by Niyiin.

Session number: 1

Average n-back: 4.2

Able to complete second stage in one session; felt pretty awesome. I’m training in order to aid myself as an aspiring entrepreneur. Good luck to everyone!!

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This post was submitted by Bourbon Luva.

Session number: 1

Average n-back: 4.2

Ok so this is my first time doing a session. It was very interesting to say the least. I did the guided meditation before the practice sessions. Then I practiced for 3 sessions up to N=4 before I realized it was still in practice and not train. I did another meditation session before I did 1 session of double ahead in train. I was able to achieve n=6 and it bumped me up to double switchback. But I was wondering how many sessions do I do a day.

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This post was submitted by Ronald Johnson.

Session number: 19

Average n-back: 2.9

Woohoo..breakthrough day…suddenly found a simpler way to do this stage…wow…suddenly n=3 became as straight forward as n=2..part way through the session..whew..thought I was going to stick at n-back 2.4 or so for a while yet..nice feeling..

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This post was submitted by nale.

In particular, I have been struck by the different way that my brain tries to grasp onto and hold different kinds of information. In the visual sphere I’ve found the color sequences tremendously challenging, very much harder than the grid sequences at Stage 3. I can feel myself pressing my brain to do something it has no particular inclination or aptitude for — i.e., remembering a random color sequence.

On the aural sequences the musical tones are proving equally tough. As a musician I was looking forward to this aural variation. And while I’m enjoying it, I’m surprised at how hard my brain finds it to hold each note, and how it gets confused between the relationships between tones as the sequence changes. I’m curious to see how this ability improves and what impact it will have on my music.

Random, constantly modified pitch sequences challenge the brain’s working memory much more than a repeated melody, I suppose, because we’re lacking the feedback of the relationships between the notes. Someone with perfect pitch (the ability to identify a pitch without any reference point) would probably fare much better with this exercise than those of us who don’t!

Anyone else have impressions on Stage 4?

Session number: 8

Average n-back: 2.3

Working through stage 3 requires much more patience and a new kind of flexibility of mind to deal with changing up and down within n-back levels. Also, the impact of stray thoughts and tension when completing a block, becomes super apparent. Likewise in life itself..one can extrapolate..paying attention and carefully..to the nuances is very important. People are noticing a clear-headedness and ability to come to a crystal clear point about an emotionally charged situation…in a neutral way. Things do seem clearer..both when I consider other people’s situations and my own.

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This post was submitted by nale.

Session number: 4

Average n-back: 2.1

Stage 3 is much tougher ie seems to require different brain capabilities than stage 1 and stage 2. It was tough going. it seemed to last forever but actually took about the same time as my other sessions! I really think this is helping..have been noticing changes in how I observe and respond to others and it seems to make conversing a lot more fluid and natural…or my wishful thinking:)

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This post was submitted by Nicole Alesich.

Session number: 3

Average n-back: 5

Felt worse about performance but performed better than yesterday! certainly been feeling more focused in my everyday living despite only having used the training for 3 days! paying more attention to visual cues which means my aural cues, which were unfailingly good, have gone down. Overall performance has improved though.

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This post was submitted by Nicole Alesich.