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Re:Study finds Lumosity users show no improvements in cognit... by copperx on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @10:47AM (#14744606)
It absolutely works to improve your recall of the test items, but who knows if it improves your short or long term memory in general.

That is, does it make it easier to recall things that are not part of the spaced repetition training?

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Re:Study finds Lumosity users show no improvements in cognit... by gwern on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @02:02PM (#14746422)
I haven't seen any studies examining a broader transfer effect from spaced repetition. It seems unlikely - spaced repetition is just a hack of a normal memory mechanism for prioritizing factual knowledge, so why would explicit use of it have any generalized benefits? You are always being exposed to and remembering things, after all.
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