A lot of companies are selling products under the heading of brain training, and brain exercises, brain games such as Nintendo DS Brain Training, Lumosity, and a host of other companies.I'm highly sceptical that such exercises have any generalised effect beyond improving the task that is being practiced and possibly some very limited form of generalisation. Nonetheless, I was curious about what makes an exercise or a program of activities brain training. What is the scientific definition of brain training?Alternatively, what definitions have been proposed by researchers or very popular providers of brain training?Such a definition would presumably make clear how daily living is different to brain training. It would also hopefully clarify whether daily cognitive activity like doing a crossword, answering a question on stack exchange, making a shopping list, or playing a computer game is brain training or not.
What is the scientific definition of brain training?
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