Brain Training
What brain training is, what practice reliably improves, and where the evidence stops — gains on the practised task are kept apart from claims about intelligence or everyday life.
Practical guide
How to Measure Your Progress in Brain Training
Scores rise with retesting alone. How to read a trend over noise, and how LaserMind separates trained tasks, untrained tasks and real life.
Beginner's guide
What Is Brain Training? A Science-Based Beginner's Guide
Brain training is repeated practice of mental tasks. The main kinds, what practice reliably improves, and what research has not shown.
Practise on LaserMind
Method of Loci
◆ Strong evidenceEvidence for: remembering ordered lists
Delayed Recall
◆ Strong evidenceEvidence for: retrieval practice of the material
Focused Attention Meditation
◈ Conditional evidenceEvidence for: attention control (small, inconsistent)
Sustained Attention Task
◈ Conditional evidenceEvidence for: trained vigilance tasks
Attention Switching
◈ Conditional evidenceEvidence for: trained switching tasks
Digit Span
◈ Conditional evidenceEvidence for: trained span tasks (near transfer)