gwern comments on Stats Advice on a New N-back Game - Less Wrong

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Comment author: malcolmocean 30 May 2013 07:04:18PM *  0 points [-]

tuned to induce a state of flow.

Are you sure you don't mean deliberate practice?

Comment author: gwern 31 May 2013 03:34:17AM 1 point [-]

Unlikely; deliberate practice can be quite unpleasant.

Comment author: malcolmocean 01 June 2013 01:31:00PM 1 point [-]

Oh right, this is a game. I was thinking he was optimizing for learning speed, not enjoyability.

Comment author: blashimov 04 June 2013 04:32:49PM 0 points [-]

Well, if there's a line between fun enough to play and unpleasant enough not to, learning speed is almost certainly higher for playing the game relative to nothing.