Posts Tagged ‘working-memory’

Brain Training Report – Andy B – Stage 1, Session 1

Saturday, July 14th, 2012

Stage: 1

Session number: 1

Average n-back: 5.45

First attempt at stage one, could not get all of n-7 correct, missed one completely.
However n5- was easy, n6 was after a couple of attempts moved onto n7 for 3-4 times then back to to n6 got all correct 2 times moved back up to n7, but still could not complete!

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This post was submitted by Andy Bloomfield.

Brain Training Report – Hawk2 – Stage 1, Session 4

Friday, July 13th, 2012

Stage: 1

Session number: 4

Average n-back: 7

I don’t feel like I am improving at all, in some instances i feel I am getting worse, but I’m goin to keep on trying…because i’m not a quitter.

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This post was submitted by hawk2.

Brain Training Report – Jan – Stage 2, Session 8

Wednesday, July 11th, 2012

Stage: 2

Session number: 8

Average n-back: 4

I finally am able to have success remembering 4 items. I have cognitive difficulties relating to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. When I read the success of the other posters I feel really behind…..any input would be very much appreciated. I also noticed that my piano playing is improving without practice! This phenomenon has been remarked on quite a bit on the posting board. Any reason for this?

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This post was submitted by sheana2002.

Brain Training Report – Travis – Stage 3, Session 15

Wednesday, July 11th, 2012

Stage: 3

Session number: 15

Average n-back: 4.4

No improvement in score today even with 20 min of exercise before followed by the 8 min meditation recording. I don’t really feel like I hit the ceiling though. One thing I noticed that I think was starting to help: I count sequences each time equal to the n level and then rewrite the combined sequence for each new letter/block combination. I’ve started waiting roughly a half a second before I try to call up the rest of the sequence after each new pair is introduced and it seems to make it a little easier to remember what just happened without erasing the rest of the sequence from memory. Comments?

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This post was submitted by travis.hardaway@gmail.com.

Brain Training Report – Ruari – Stage 3, Session 2

Wednesday, July 11th, 2012

Stage: 3

Session number: 2

Average n-back: 2.1

The good news about tonight’s session is I can only get better! My brain feels like scrambled egg. The history graph outputs are a mess; all over the place! I had a couple of days off owing to a busier schedule. Wasn’t able to get around to tonight’s exercise until ten at night. After a full belly, some wine, and frustration borne of taking an hour to put my daughter to sleep.Very little distractions, but also little mental energy. Poo-poo for me.

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This post was submitted by Ruari.

Brain Training Report – Shariff – Stage 3, Session 1

Monday, July 9th, 2012

Stage: 3

Session number: 1

Average n-back: 2

Definitely very difficult. I have a hard time doing the n=3.

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This post was submitted by Shariff.

Brain Training Report – Travis – Stage 3, Session 14

Monday, July 9th, 2012

Stage: 3

Session number: 14

Average n-back: 4.5

Took the weekend off. Came in this morning and stopped a 2 session micro-slide posting a new top score. N=3 went from challenging to easy. N=4 went from really hard to pretty easy. N=5 has gone from impossible to less impossible. Occasionally I get to stay at n=5 for 2 in a row, but then get bumped down. Gains seem to be slowing, but I’ll be pretty excited to get n=5 to the comfortable level.

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This post was submitted by travis.hardaway@gmail.com.

Brain Training Report – Shariff – Stage 2, Session 5

Monday, July 9th, 2012

Stage: 2

Session number: 5

Average n-back: 5

I am really feeling my brain pulsing and feeling so drained! I never knew it could give me a slight headache. I am trying to get as many right in n=5.

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This post was submitted by Shariff.

Brain Training Report – Ruari – Stage 3, Session 1

Saturday, July 7th, 2012

Stage: 3

Session number: 1

Average n-back: 2.2

Whew, what a descent! Double gapmatch is certainly challenging. I took the advice and tried a couple of practice sessions before starting the exercise. After finally cluing in for what was being asked (I hadn’t realized the instruction scree scrolled down further), I made the jump over to training. Not much improvement regrettably. For the first half of the blocks I was roughly one incorrect answer off from moving up to n-3. When I finally succeeded, my n-3 attempt was about 50% successful. Then the distractions began. Namely a bored four year old with random appearances punctuated with a time out from her mother. Lovely. Not. I flip-flopped between the n-2 and n-3 after this, never succeeding much at the higher level. I think it worthwhile to train at the n3 level to become more familiar. I found jumping to n3 from n2 challenging in that I only had to do quite well on my first attempt or lose the ability to gain familiarity at that level. I can say that today is the first day my brain feels it has had a workout. I suppose this is great…

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This post was submitted by Ruari.

Brain Training Report – Sham – Stage 3, Session 6

Friday, July 6th, 2012

Stage: 3

Session number: 6

Average n-back: 3

Steady progression. The first day I couldn’t get to n=3, then I got it and n=3 was impossible!. now n=3 is doable but n=4 is impossible so hoping it won’t be long until n=4 is easy :)

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This post was submitted by Sham.