Brain training exercises and games: Do they work? (CBC Marketplace) 

Marketplace is a very rare show, unafraid to go after the truth and make positive change. As a Canadian in his early sixties, I have learned so much from Marketplace. Many Canadians and Big Business would love to shut down the CBC, mostly because they are scared that Marketplace will come after them and their unethical practices. Long live Marketplace and the CBC. Truth to power.

S. Smith & exercising the body and caring for yourself are also essential

USE IT OR LOSE IT

Doesn't matter how you do it. Keep your mind active..

@Don Mega That's a misunderstanding, people who live different lives don't live lesser lives. In fact, many other lifestyles, tribal included, work, play, and converse more-so than the 'modern western-centric' lifestyles that are more preoccupied in getting bills paid, and yelling at, or avoiding eachother. Nothing simplistic about it, and thinking so is why when western logic and lifestyle is imposed, many places turn from productive hunting villages to non-productive destitute structures that rely on the life support of the invaders. In this day and age, we live without parents, many of the people grow up to remain children, and those children expect someone else to raise their own pack of children. Bottom line: People living different lives are just different. Do not impose or compare more or less. Do not teach someone else's child while abandoning your own. That other child should be a charge of their own care givers, their own parents, their own way of life. As an adult going astray and learning other peoples ways is fine, but that's their own decision. Sorry for the rant, I like people to know not to think less of other lifestyles, especially the actually intensive and strict ways many tribes have, where a hunt or misdeed could be fatal on any day. As for the brain diseases, yes many of them are likely caused by some amount of contamination, be it organic molecules, bacterium or plaques, metals or pesticides. Many of the contaminant take decades to show signs, usually a generational gap, that there was a side effect. But the brain is plastic, as in it keeps reforming as it interacts with the world, and can and will continue to improve exponentially to a 'savant' level of skill in with enough focus and work in the right aptitudes, as well as work around many of the limitations. You can't always choose what you're good at to begin with, but you can always learn to be good at something new. As for the monks you mentioned, the exercise of meditating and clearing the chaos is not as easy as you think, it takes at least as much, if not more, retraining of the brain to get it to not fire off so sporadically. Try to get a child to focus, the unhoned mind wanders, and the attention goes off with it. This can go for soneones entire life.

Well said !

tehKap0w Care to explain why that quote is so great? I am really interested in knowing why.

theskeletonboi a quality doctor would take the time and try to educate you about the scientific facts, of which this particular snake-oil-salesman has zero.

tehKap0w Oh, okay. Yeah, I quickly saw that this guy was trying to just make money, he had no experience in whatever he was talking about.

He actually is. I did some research into him and he won the best doctor ever award given by kwyjibo

That's what made me question the intention of the documentary. Besides the way he was talking to the two guys in their clinic. Very suspicious

Hope your better!

Thank you! And YES! I'm a lot better. No one can can tell, and there are few lingering effects. And I think I owe a great thanks to games. I dont think I would be as with it as I am if it wasn't for my gaming recovery.

That's Great!

Hi If you dont mind me asking how old are you when you started playing? I have a theory that brain elasticity within younger minds may have something to do with learning capabilities when compared to people of older age.

Glad you're feeling better!

C’mon man. Too soon.

Underrated comment :).

Lol

😂😂😂😂

That's like me going to other room and then there thinking why i came here, then back and i remember, and then again 😂

any other tips?

It's just he said a long goodbye.

Good idea!

Impion?

@@aaronbuckley4608 opinion what he mean

impion

iDoNotHateMyLife [ceiling gang cringe] opps😂

It's simply no longer profitable. The newspapers that have survived have moved onto "online content," Instead, and often make their journalists spend time blogging and on social media, and focus on "clicks" rather than on fact. Some media groups are also now owned by larger corporations who have the ultimate decision making power of whether to publish or not. Canadian's taxes help go to Canadian programs like this. I, for one, don't mind one bit. :)

It has become full of corruption.

You know this is Canadian? eh?..or are you watching this and thinking why don't we have shows like this in America? Just curious.

Emerson-Shea April I don't know which one he meant when he posted this. I, as an American, agree with the second one though. I really like watching this show, and I wish we had more informative investigative journalism programs like this in my country.

Because CBC is tax paid. We must reclaim or free press. The only way to to make it not corrupted is to separate media and corporations. Also limit the amount of stations or newspapers on person or corporation can own. It’s unacceptable that only like 5 companies own everything on tv including news. They make money on advertisements. We have the right to free press yet we don’t. We definitely need to change something. What would be cool if CBC news would create a department for America. Based in America. They can call it ACBC.

hahahahha!

Mo jafs not really I just had a brain drain and it’s a real drain on my brain mang

@Myaucat well Jordan Peterson said once you play these games you get good at these games but your actual cognitive skills don't increase. I didn't watch most of the video though. Anyway iq can't be changed, only when you're very little your food affects your brain. Some people say if you try enough you can make it go up by upto 14 points but that's because you get used to the tests and they no longer give you accurate results.

@@shadmansudipto7287 It's still useful as a diagnostics tool. The time it takes for you to learn to be good at a game is an indicator in itself of your overall learning abilities. It would be senseless telling people "don't learn new skills, don't play any games, it's all useless". It might even be true, but boredom is much worse.

Cheers! Didn't really wanna watch cuz I dont like this particular reporter but was curious about the topic.

@@eddiew2325 imagine all the possible variables of human beings you ejaculated onto a tissue, the amount of conscious and intellectual mutable, at least that’s what I think about as I bust a nut

any ideas of why BLUE INK might help?

Hmm interesting

You’re not recognizing that people are living a lot longer, so there are and will be more people with dementia. It’s not really being diagnosed more; people have known who has dementia for.... well, as long as there’ve been people

@@yinyu8875 maybe because black and white is mostly what we see in written communication. Blue just adds an extra element

Although your comment is old.. Thanks for saving me an hour.

There are plenty of these apps that cost nothing..😁

Indeed, you're going to need all that money to pay off the CRA when they call from India.

😂

It is so great, isn't it?! Flux Pavilion, Bassnectar, Hardwell, Dillon Francis, DJ Fresh, and so many more: We love you!

Yeah, Settlers of Catan is great.

Rainbow Blue k

Rainbow Blue You have made a good point! It is possible they already began their dementia when retired! Getting Depression upon retirement is common! Hard to get active when really depressed! The motivation is gone! Depression can, also, be an early symptom of dementia! I do not think one can get Dementia from a sedentary life! One can lose sharpness, but not get outright Dementia! Dementia has to do with Aging, Genetics and Illness! Active people get Dementia and Alzheimer's, also!

*EVERY DAY*

Indeed

+Endezeichen Grimm This is CBS - Lefties channel. ;) Go for Fox News for shorter and smarter reports.

No Its CBC, this is a Canadian news show :)

CBC......Not CBS

CBC - Canada Broadcasting Company not CBS news hehe

The piece isn’t especially snappy, but it engages in a lot of storytelling and personal engagement that I felt are well executed.

Warcraft?

Did it work for you?

@@xxcarlita31xx " glad didnt spend too much time" - means it's a waste of time....：）

what they are saying the 5% is not significant from the test size. Less testing subjects create margins of error, and that margin of error is larger than 5%. Which means, the seemly increase in score is very likely just from inaccuracy from the small sample group, not actual improvement of brain function from test subject.

Brain games have improved a lot since this video. The language games like Contextual and all of the other ones are quite useful in building/enriching vocabulary. The stories in Contextual are fun to read. Train of Thought and Tidal Treasures are very useful for concentration. Tidal Treasures is great for Memory. Elevate though is my new favourite brain game app.

Good point

I hope you can seek out a Christian psychologist or counselor to provide strategies for your health. God's peace.

Omg another bogus coconut oil claim...Coconut oil does nothing. It is just coconut oil. Another BS fad people believe thanks to gullible minds and internet

There's even an easier way to prevent memory loss --- *STOP FORGETTING* simple as that!

Cindy Jones same thing as any anti-inflammatory! Turmeric is a good one though

I've been watching videos about Diabetes. Some of the doctors on these videos posit that Alzheimers is actually "Diabetes Type 3." I don't know if that's correct but it seems logical.

+Gordon Gravelle Hi there, have you considered Rotogenflux Methods yet? Just simply do a google search engine search. On there you will discover that an awesome guidelines about how exactly you can your IQ score increased over 17 points. Why don't you give it a chance? maybe it's going to work for you too.

Who would benefit from such a service? There's one born every minute.

Yep I agree - what with all the fast foods establishments doing so well. :(