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33 Post author: cousin_it 05 August 2011 09:35PM

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Comment author: cousin_it 07 August 2011 09:57:13PM *  2 points [-]

I see you've edited the wiki page to add dual 1-back to "memory". I have some doubts about this, because a) no one really knows whether n-back is good for anything except improving n-back performance, b) I'd like to only include things that clearly and obviously sound like good ideas to the average person, and avoid things that may sound like snake oil (even if they aren't in fact snake oil). Would you mind reverting that edit? I don't want to do it myself because that would mark the beginning of a passive-aggressive edit war.

Also, nice idea about pancakes! It's pretty much the perfect level 1 task.

Comment author: taryneast 08 August 2011 09:29:17AM *  0 points [-]

Oh ok. I didn't know that about N-back. I guess, from hearing about it so much here, that I thought it was more solid than that. No problem I'll revert it.

and I wouldn't mind if you reverted it as long as I had the explanation :)