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What did you do to combat the effect of that "dull jobs numb the mind" study that was on here last week? (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7358863.stm)

I don't think I could stay interested in your n-back test for a whole 20 minutes at a time...



Good point. I also don't think anybody would play brain games for very long at a time. But then, such apps are highly motivation-dependent. There is a thing about learning rate and conscious effort, which is a much more difficult problem.




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