[Isl] Walter Boot in The Conversation: "Are brain games mostly BS?"

[Willard Edmonds]

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Professor Walter Boot of the Department of Psychology and a Faculty Affiliate of the Institute for Successful Longevity has contributed an article on brain-training programs to The Conversation.

In the article, Dr. Boot lays out the division among scientists and mental health practitioners on the effectiveness of these programs and offers his assessment.

“I’m a cognitive scientist<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=W9Ow0H8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao> and member of Florida State University’s Institute for Successful Longevity<https://isl.fsu.edu/>. I have studied cognition, human performance and the effects of different types of training for nearly two decades. I’ve conducted laboratory studies that have directly put to the test the ideas that are the foundation of the claims made by brain training companies.

“Based on these experiences, my optimistic answer to the question of whether brain training is worth it would be ‘we just don’t know.’ But the actual answer may very well be ‘no.’
You can read the article here: https://theconversation.com/are-brain-games-mostly-bs-113881<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__theconversation.com_are-2Dbrain-2Dgames-2Dmostly-2Dbs-2D113881&d=DwMFaQ&c=HPMtquzZjKY31rtkyGRFnQ&r=NMoZcezNedk5uDySxaSJ1Q&m=BC1wUUzOiCKB4rVA75ninDWZEet6_YPYXn1snCaoX44&s=LGIoXNelnh0z23xZ_jXKXMC3kewCAOveC7nNC4OnqEk&e=>

Dr. Boot’s is the third article ISL Faculty Affiliates have contributed to The Conversation this year.

In May, The Conversation published an article by Eren Erman Osguven of the FAMU-FSU College of Education, “How rural areas like Florida’s Panhandle can become more hurricane-ready.”

https://theconversation.com/how-rural-areas-like-floridas-panhandle-can-become-more-hurricane-ready-116500

In February, The Conversation published a piece by Alice Pomidor of the College of Medicine, “How old is too old to drive?”

https://theconversation.com/how-old-is-too-old-to-drive-111596
Bill Edmonds, Ph.D.
Institute for Successful Longevity
Florida State University
850-933-7960
btedmond at fsu.edu<mailto:btedmond at fsu.edu>

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