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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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