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Re:How to Rebuild an Attention Span (2013) by lordfoom on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @04:34AM (#10257362)
Would love to try if the game was in any way available. Are there similar options out there?
Re:How to Rebuild an Attention Span (2013) by Alterlife on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @04:45AM (#10257410)
I found this info: http://gazzaleylab.ucsf.edu/neuroscience-projects/neuroracer...

> A company Adam Gazzaley co-founded, Akili Interactive Labs (http://www.akiliinteractive.com/), is now developing a clinical product in the form of a mobile video game (“Project: EVO”) that is based on the technology behind NeuroRacer. The company is currently running clinical trials which will validate the utility of the new game for use in specific populations. Until those trials are complete, the game will not be available to the general public. We suggest that you go to the Akili website for further news or additional inquiries.

That leads me here: http://www.brain.akiliinteractive.com/. A game has not yet been released but is available in some form for clinical trial.

Re:How to Rebuild an Attention Span (2013) by lordfoom on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @05:15AM (#10257503)
Thanks :) I also found that, which was a bit disappointing, but maybe they come out with something soon.

I found "dual n-back" while looking around, which (controversially) claims some "fluid" and working intelligence boosting - I'll give that a try. It's over here: http://brainworkshop.sourceforge.net/

Re:How to Rebuild an Attention Span (2013) by girvo on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @05:52AM (#10257607)
IIRC, gwern dabbles in dual n-back, and I think he's got some decent stuff written up about it. Worth taking a look for anyway.
Re:How to Rebuild an Attention Span (2013) by timdavila on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @01:18PM (#10260068)
I use the Lumosity app (http://www.lumosity.com/) daily, which is marketed as a bundle of brain training games.

While I have made marked improvement in the games in the app, after reading the article I'm wondering if this is what the author is referring to as "lightly dressed-up versions of classic psychology paradigms"

In my experience I haven't noticed any of the illusive "transfer" of skills that NeuroRacer is designed to produce. So for now I will continue to use the app daily with a healthy amount of skepticism.

Re:How to Rebuild an Attention Span (2013) by domedefelice on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @05:15AM (#10257502)
Yeah, I was wondering the same. Since NeuroRacer doesn't seem to be available, are there any other good games «to promote “interference-resisting abilities”»?
Re:How to Rebuild an Attention Span (2013) by lordfoom on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @05:16AM (#10257506)
I found dual n-back while looking around - http://brainworkshop.sourceforge.net/ - which claims working memory and fluid intelligence improvements.
Re:How to Rebuild an Attention Span (2013) by domedefelice on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @06:14AM (#10264195)
I will try it, thanks