Brain training exercises and games: Do they work? (CBC Marketplace)
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- Can brain training exercises and games prevent memory loss and Alzheimer's? Marketplace tests popular apps. For more: www.cbc.ca/marketplace/episode...
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I’ve played Lumosity games every day for quite a while. I didn’t seem to get much better. It wasn’t until I was drinking veggie and fruit smoothies every day until I noticed a huge difference in my Lumosity game results! I was drinking three per day to battle an eye disease. Next thing I know I was reaching advanced stages in Lumosity games. It’s in the diet!
any other tips?
About to watch and already know the answer. Sleep, reading, and critical thinking helps the brain. Not a dumb easy puzzle
it feels so rare to watch a big produced show go after an industry like this. love it
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.
Enrichment is the real trick; trying new things, learning, keeping active in general.
Organisms are really efficient at living, the parts not used are either not developed or recycled.
An unused mind is not a mind at all.
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 !
Adrien's dad Terry has such a heartwarming smile. I hope he is doing well staying healthy and happy
The family he visited had a great view of the brain training claim. Please be cautious of advertisements claims
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
"we're talking about brain science and plasticity ... just know about it and make your decision" ... best doctor evar
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
Luminosity is a bunch of short games that train us to multitask...there is no prolonged complex puzzles we have to struggle through to get a good memory complex.
The best treatment for dementia is a personal playlist: if someone you care about has dementia, try to discover the music they listened to at all the stages of life and load those onto an iPad. Music is a kind of back door to memories AND the emotions that belong to those memories. If you’re still well or in the early stages, start creating your playlist now, and enjoy the tunes & memories now and after onset
I know this piece was hard for the host, but frankly, I think it’s one of the best pieces he’s ever done. The care he put into this, the humanity we saw from him- even his speech cadence was more enjoyable as it was less of the “booming announcer” style speech and more of the “talking with a friend” style of speech.
This was filmed over 5 years ago. I can't help but wonder how Roxanne is doing... Is she still alive? How is her health? Her life? How is her family? I truly hope they're managing and continuing to make the best of the situation like they did here.
I forgot what I came here for.
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 😂
My brain exercise is basic computer programming, drawing painting and trying ideas on paper that may improve some products sold in the market.
Solving basic math’s addition, subtraction, division mentally without paper is another good exercise. It doesn't matter if it takes longer not solving it on paper. The important thing is that your brain is more active without the help of pen and paper.
I watch TV or 2 full movie video until I get sleepy or play music with an earphone. I do some of these at least 3-4 hours a day.
Great ideas and tips from Marketplace. Thank you for all the episodes and the knowledge we've all gained. Hope to see more next season :)
I had a stroke in 2008 and it effected my memory, speech, problem solving, motor skills and more. Luminosity (and games/programs like it), and other games world of warcraft, other memory/reaction games, card games, board games all helped me make a drastic recovery. I am fearful of 'the long good bye' (my grand father had). Where Luminosity may have been helpful in my situation, I do not think that it has any effect other than making you better at the games they are having you play. Perhaps long term it may hold more of a benefit. However it is not a 'magic pill'.
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!
You can't to the fitness class and the lumosity games at the same time, you won't know which one is impacting your performance more
lmao dubstep music at around 3:45
😂
It is so great, isn't it?! Flux Pavilion, Bassnectar, Hardwell, Dillon Francis, DJ Fresh, and so many more: We love you!
I teared up right along with you when they were playing the board game. My dad passed from Alzheimer's, terrible thing that it is. Thank you for doing this episode, I know it couldn't have been easy for you. *hugs*
to improve your memories
Write your life down in a journal or dairy
in my impion
Good idea!
Impion?
@@aaronbuckley4608 opinion what he mean
impion
iDoNotHateMyLife [ceiling gang cringe] opps😂
High level active musicians are doing all the right things to keep their brains functioning at a high level. They’re learning new music, have a large number of people with similar passions, and music itself is the most promising treatment for dementia. A larger, more diverse group would improve this experiment enormously, as well as a large group study of people who have cognitive deficits, like Yoseph Metal, who commented earlier
The brain games don't seem to make a different for this specific set of people, however they are actually already highly trained and regularly do activities that are very good for their brain (playing instruments etc.) I wonder if the games might make a more noticeable difference for people who are not regularly using their brains in such a skilled way.
The derp, rich burgundy shade of the cardigan/top worn by the woman who appears on-screen at 32:55 is a stunning and amazing colour. This crisp, clear, defined camera work is very impressive and aesthetically pleasing to the eye, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation officials! Thank you for the great work, and please keep up all this excellence!
What ever happened to investigative journalism in america...
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.
Very interesting. And compassionate. Brings home what memory loss means to family.
It's just he said a long goodbye.
I attended a conference for continuing education hours for my RN license. I learned that 85% of people have some form of dementia by age 85. Dementia is not new and the number of cases are not necessarily incresing. Medicine now has more tools in order to properly diagnose it. In addition, more people have access to health care than people did 100 years ago. More comprehensive testing tools available meets a larger influx of people being tested creates an artificial surge in "new" cases. Give your money to these companies that want to sell you "brain games" that claim to help ward off dementia if you enjoy the actiities, but the esteemed neurologist who spoke at my conference said that our great-grandparents had it right. Clean air, clean water, healthy diet, daily exercise, loving/supportive relationships, learning new languages, playing an instrument (or several), listening to classical music, and reading are all activities that help when it comes to dementia. You can't control the genetic influence you received but those are things you can control. Oh! And one little interesting tidbit--the neurologist said that handwriting things in BLUE INK on actual paper will help your memory. I now have boxes and boxes of blue ink pens and paper all over my house. :)
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
My grand Mother has the disease. She is an amazing lady full of life and more fit than most of my friends. It is a shame.... and she is an old lady, I can't imagine that happening to a young person.
Honestly, just keep learning new skills, not these useless games. Join a new language class, cooking class, new sport, art class, coding course, whatever, keep your brain learning!! If classes arent an option TH-cam has so many tutorials for so many skills, just pick one and go learn!! Apps are also huge! I dont have a single game on my phone but so many learning apps!
IN CONCLUSION, SAVE YOUR MONEY!
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.
This was the most powerful episode yet and made me thought more about memory games thanks
When Im 71 I hope I can rock blue shorts half as as great as that man's father does.
hahahahha!
short answer brain games dont work
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
Thank you very much for bringing light to the subject
Thanks for all the time you put into this. It saved me some money.
I stumbled on the Marketplace videos. & here is my personal experience as an example. First of all, a good diet as well as physical & mental activity helps. It really does. Think about it logically. As long as you stay active, you stimulate your brain. At a certain age, my grandparents just stopped. It is traditional where they live to work really hard & stay close to the younger generations. Once the children have their families, the older generation just retires & relies on the younger for everything. Since my grandparents felt that they had done enough, they retired & became extremely sedentary. & the bad effects showed up. They started loosing brain power. For those family members who lived close by, the degradation wasn't noticeable the first few years, but for those of us who visited once a year, we started noticing the memory loss, changes in temperament, etc. We did everything to convince them to stay active, with little success. By the time the locals really started paying attention, my grandparents were already on the road for dementia. My grandfather is still alive, mostly bedridden, but my grandmother at the end was like a child. It was heartbreaking. A lot of my friends form around the world tell me the same story. So the longer you stay active, the better chances you have.
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!
The nice thing about Alzheimers is you meet so many new people.
*EVERY DAY*
They really got dubstep playing in the background..
17:18 Awwww, the cute little poodle.
Who else remembers Brain Games from TV in the 1980's-1990's?
Awesome video. Thank you.
Wow that was a great inspiring story I really wish we had you guys down south in the states
Thank you for your powerful story you put your heart and soul into this series and your right by what you say at the end your a brillant producer and you have a amazing team behind you greeting from the UK
BTW the board game is called The settler of Cantan I believe
Yeah, Settlers of Catan is great.
Amazing... great. Thank you!!
There have been studies to show that video game-playing does improve brain function in certain areas.
Think that applies to many types of games. RTS for example demands mental speed, memory, planning, adaptability. MOBA games require communication, mental speed, planning ...
Thank you for this invaluable information
Is there a single episode where Marketplace found that something was good?
I 'd love to participate in a research liek this! Having several psycho-neurological illnesses, it could be interesting.
you know what makes a difference? Getting your bum off the chair and going outside. Fresh air is good for brain and body.
Indeed
I appreciated Psychologist Hammer's , honest response to Tom's "interrogation". Hope, too, has value; the amount of which can be determined by the consumer/payor. Sometimes, a journalist's passion regarding an issue tends to blind their willingness to listen and provide unbiassed information.
This could have been a lot shorter!
+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.
I love that they researched this with real licensed professionals and learn about this before going to conclusions and talking to the people who made these things
I really did enjoy watching this, I hope to see more soon
It's important to do this over a period of years and give it a fair chance. My memory has drastically improved and it is supposed to be declining at my age. If anything, my memory is too good and I have trouble forgetting things. The memory techniques I used are at least 2,000 years old so I sure didn't invent them. I only wish I had been taught all that stuff in school.
They improve memory almost 5% in a month, is good to me. if I won 5 % of muscle in only one month would be a good result
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.
Loved this episode. I liked the personal touch. We all worry about this for us and our families.
My grandma had dementia and possibly Parkinson's, and she was the most stubborn argumentative person. And very smart. It was very frustrating. I miss her terribly even though she drove me crazy at times, I was the first grandkid and her favorite ( she had an entire photo collage of me, next to pictures of my siblings. ) so we were always very close. I had a stroke at 25 and lost some cognitive abilities and short term memory issues.
28.00m the lady touch my heart ❤️, hope she will get better 🙏
My gosh I particapted in neural feedback for three months, 4 times a week. I was forced to spend the summer across the country at my grandparents house. There was a person who did extreme homeopathy, and even had her own neuro feedback system. It would simply play music and do a cd-style skip when it detected something wrong. I can say it didn't make me feel any different. So from personal experience of doing it over a long span, no neural feedback does not seem to make any difference whatsoever.
the best exercise for your brain is to learn something by heart. Start with poems.
I'll learn this post by heart
Exactly
Actually, do something active - learn a language or study a new topic or develop a new skill. Just memorizing is pretty passive
I love your channel and I began to learn day by day. Thank you very much.
Train of thought and Tidal Treasures are VERY challenging and stimulate certain aspects of my brain.
great, i did that training game before. glad didnt spend too much time
Did it work for you?
@@xxcarlita31xx " glad didnt spend too much time" - means it's a waste of time....：）
Oh my gosh....... Am i right in thinking they did a whole episode with not including Atlantic Canada or specific cultural groups. This is the only CBC program worth watching
The watermelon-pink (LOVE) and bright green wall colours near the 42:15 mark/timestamp of the documentary are beautiful, amazing, classic and the closest real-life answer to the classic, perennial best-selling cosmetic item that is Maybelline Great Lash Mascara! Preppy, peppy, and fun!
so glad you did these! thank you!
I believe it helps to train you to focus if you are having trouble with this due to stress etc.
Doing ONE session of exercise or even just a month of it will not be significantly influential compared to years of such. I didn't arrive in Japan and start speaking the language fluently the next day. Body builders don't get big muscles over night. Time is required to tell these things. Food, sleep and exercise habits do influenct things though. Coconut oil has had positive impact for some people.
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
I agree one of the person who said Lumosity made him a better video game player, but still I love lumosity because of the challenges Lumosity provided me
Another great show!
+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.
People need to understand that , what is GENETIC? If you think any game will help is major mistake, for me I only help is music, no stress , stay happy, work out door activities with nature, play game and more socially with people like group singing. That will help me when I got older.
Did you hear the discrepancy. The last guy said "if you go to the gym for the past month you should FEEL a difference. I think it says something that cognitively you don't feel any different"...........But when the host was in the MRI he clearly said "I FEEL LIKE THE TESTS ARE EASIER THIS TIME AROUND".
$15 a month for entertainment isn't a bad price to pay. I use to play an online game for $15.00 a month. I quit when I no longer had fun.
Warcraft?
Settlers of Catan FTW!
memory is like an SMS where the older one get deleted and a new one is uploaded. today socity there is information everywhere and everyday and because there is too much information that is coming into the brain the older memory get deleted, the more active the brain is the more memory is deleted, but dont think unactive brain is good. an unactive brain is not good and so does a very active brain, what you need is an active brain that is not strained by any mean like a stress for example that can led to an OCD and Anxiety problems and that cause the brain very active to remember thing that you dont really need and cramming that information to the brain and cause a stress that lead to a memory loss. another example is Phobia.
the only cure is to be Happy and do something that you like to do and remember something that make you happy.
Good point
To be honest, it must be horrifying to be in a comparative position of such power where your job is essentially finding and revealing answers and secrets the common man can't, and yet be helpless in a personal case that affects one the most.
My memory has taken a severe dive over the last few years. I have had non stop stress, practically every day
for the last three years from different wicked sources. I am a christian and praying to the Lord to restore
what has been taken. That is my only hope. I am glad there is a program like this as ironically an ad came on youtube
yesterday (an Asian guy talking about improving the memory). I wondered about it so I will watch this to the end. It has
got scary for me as I have to fight to remember a lot now. I'm not young any more. I am wondering if my cellphone
and the net help a little (or not at all). I am also going to get my christian sons to pray about it too. The utmost stress
from 3 lots of sources has caused heaps of my hair to fall out too. I am also praying for some of that to be restored too.
Terrible non stop stress can do these things.
I hope you can seek out a Christian psychologist or counselor to provide strategies for your health. God's peace.
I like Lumosity! I know it’s works for me.
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.
My grandma was diagnosed with Alzheimer's at 35 and died from it at 54
👍👍👍Excellent Reporting
Well done
Doing active imagination and something like halfway vivid dreaming(I cannot really do vivid dreaming) is better. You know you are doing it right when you are feeling better.
well im 67 and im keeping myself active
be happy and stay healthy is the final solution.
I'd be curious to see the results if they compared before and after MRIs on people learning a new language or musical instrument or meditation to see if there was a cognitive improvement.
you lifted yellow shoe laces from phineas and ferb.. (A-G-L-E-T- Aglet! - Don't forget it!)
if you are gaming you become faster thinker more logic in your mind comes... better memory if you play games like 1 time in the month or in the year don't bother... If you play every day like 20 years.... your brain are trained for all games and even something more.
MakeSh00t Me only plays chess. Not good at Tetris.
yeah i,ve tryed the games before
Good episode
Thank god I decided to search for reviews before downloading this app. I’m going to keep reading and exercising instead ❤️✨
well made episode
Thanks for great info. How about Elevate app, its more English grammar, reading oriented. Does it work ?
there's an easy way to treat the effects of memory loss. do things that stimulate brain function more or health: exercise, games, etc.
There's even an easier way to prevent memory loss --- *STOP FORGETTING* simple as that!
Sucks some of the stuff that can happen to people for no reason sometimes!.
The bright pink and dark dusty rose combination of the scarf worn by the female interview subject shown on-screen beginning at, or extremely close to, the 22:55 mark/timstamp of this documentary video is striking, neon, and awesome!
Can anyone name any part of the body that will significantly improve by putting 4 casual-effort hours into practice over an entire month?
This video is an excellent example of how shortcut culture has and still is deteriorating western culture.
"Why are people going to online tests instead of going to their doctor?"
I think one of the causes is what she said - not everyone has access to a doctor. But i think there's also the worry of getting sent off to a nursing home, or family taking control of one's life. Not immediately after an early diagnoses. But once it's out, people feel threatened by the doctor or by the family. Especially those who live independently and value their independence. Or even just don't want their family to start treating them wierd.
31:20 what a scam these guys are and the host can see right through that
Elevate has help my memory and vocabulary
All that's left is grammar lol
you are better off extending that to 15 minutes DAILY on prayer, reflection and meditation,that has proof it does us well.
This was very interesting to see how the open market sells hope.
Speaking of waves. Search up
ELF Waves - Electromagnetic Low Frequency radio waves.
Electro magnetic frequencies and how it affects our health?