Talk:Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!

message: First, it's crummy research(They have a sample space of 15 students per group in a poorly designed experiment - just the impression I got from the wiki summary), second, I can't be convinced otherwise because the link is dead. Link to the original paper, or drop the reference.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.90.103.110 (talk) 23:09, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Reference 6 needs to be killed off

message: The lead paragraph on the article page was vague as to what the commercial product's purpose was, reading:
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So, according to the above paragraph, what's the product's 'actual intended purpose'? Is it something that's:
:a) an entertaining video game, like Space Blasters(tm) or Tetris(tm)?, or
:b) an educational product like an encyclopedia or math training course?, or
:c) a therapeutic product that can prevent declines in cognitive thinking or short and long-term memory?
By leaving out a general description of the product's intended purpose the reader is uninformed and can misinterpret what the game's intended purpose actually is; we know that many visitors to Wikipedia are casual readers who briefly review the opening lead paragraphs to get a quick familiarization of the article's subject matter.  But only later at the end of the second paragraph, and much further into the article can readers discern that there are valid scepticisms of the product's effectiveness, and that Nintendo itself has classified the game as an 'entertainment product' , refusing to provide scientific studies supporting neurological benefits.  This needs to be clarified in the article's lead paragraphs to avoid casual readers associating 'Brain Training' with medical studies validating a therapeutic product's effectiveness, which could be a legitimate inference of  'Train Your Brain.....' .
Therefore, the lead paragraph is being revised to counter the inconsistencies noted above, thus becoming (relevant improvements underlined on this page only):
:
Note that a reference has been added to support the statement that Nintendo has not claimed the product has been scientifically proven. The article's remaining lead sentences/paragraphs subsequent to the above three sentences remain unchanged.
:HarryZilber (talk) 17:41, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Is this an entertainment or neuro-improvement product?

message: Not sure if the best place for this but this asks if such games are brain trainers or time wasters. --MASEM (t) 23:43, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  good article on brain training games 

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