Comments on: Exercising Executive Function

By: Multitasker

Multitasker — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:40:46 +0000

Another vote for changing questions from me. It would be nice if the questions would be any combination of even/odd and vowel/consonant instead of just even&vowel

By: Karen Burnham

Karen Burnham — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:23:05 +0000

I notice that the longer the game goes, the easier the task gets… I’m not sure what the implications of that would be.

By: christine karpazis

christine karpazis — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:40:22 +0000

if you are too fast with choosing your answer, the game does not register your answer. So it’s necessary to know that you will have to click again instead of waiting for then next choice – could affect scores as I’m assuming the game is timed.
Nice work in choosing an attention shift.

By: Morten

Morten — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:04:46 +0000

I like this game. It’s quite challenging. I guess I could use some more of this kind of training.

By: Big

Big — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:40:18 +0000

Maybe change the task during the game (e.g. from even to odd number) would make it more exiting.

By: Doing more things slows you down

Doing more things slows you down — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:39:35 +0000

[...] and developing various cognitive abilities, such as memory and attention. This new game is called Brain Shift, and reflects in some way our ability (or inability as I discovered of myself!) to multi-task. [...]