Everything you need to know about the experiment, from how it was designed to a full breakdown of the results.
For a quick summary, read 'The results: Brain training games don't make us smarter'
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Find out why we used benchmarking tests in the experiment, and what those tests were.
Find out why we had three training groups and what the games were designed to do. You can even have a go at the games yourself.
A full breakdown of the results from our benchmarking tests, and the scientific conclusions drawn from them.
A full breakdown of the results from our brain training games, including the scientific conclusions drawn from those results.
Find out more about the people who took part in the largest ever study of computer-based brain training.
We ran a second phase of the experiment with participants aged 60 and over. Find out why.
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