Preventing Muscle Loss as We Age

Re:Preventing Muscle Loss as We Age by randcraw on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @12:18PM (#17970280)

AFAIK nobody has a clear idea of which cognitive abilities degenerate due to normal ageing AND respond to exercise (other than N-Back helping short term memory, perhaps).

I'd start by looking at the standard components of cognition. Start with the sub-metrics in the Wechsler IQ test. See what specific mental skills you might want to maintain or improve.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wechsler_Adult_Intelligence_Sc...

Then design your own tests to assess each skill and your own mental exercises to see if you can strengthen your mental muscles. Positive feedback is your best guide, IMHO.

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Re:Preventing Muscle Loss as We Age by madeuptempacct on Thursday September 13, 2018 @09:16AM (#17978332)

If you are interested, google "gwern dual n-back", there is a lot of info there. In the end, it seems a lot of people disagree with Jaeggi that n-back training carries over to iq, which is unfortunate. Still, cool post.

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