Our position with NeuroTracker is that we believe our rich research base provides a role model in the industry.
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The article ran by the New York Times on NeuroTracker, which weighed the endorsement in professional sports, against the broader scepticism on brain training, shows there an on-going story at play. That said, we believe the strive to qualify research on cognitive training is invaluable, as there are undoubtedly significant differences in the type and effectiveness of brain training applications now available.
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As an example, CogniSens was listed as having no cited research - a somewhat unfair assertion, as NeuroTracker peer reviewed studies were actually available as PDF downloads. An added point is that the Simon’s review included only research cited on each brain training company’s website. Understandably, this has generated discord in the academic community, partly because the call for costly, large-scale, double blind clinical trials for each particular cognitive application is considered to be unrealistic. Accordingly all of the 132 cited papers examined failed to meet their standards. One reason is that the Simon’s group set out to examine the evidence for transfer according to their rigorously defined set of ‘best practices’. However, many publishers covered this as a debate centred on the ambiguity of evidence available. The media response to the Simon’s review was substantial, largely interpreting that such interventions have negligible effect on real world needs. In contrast, the review conducted by Simon’s et al concluded that brain training interventions have evidence for being effective at near transfer, but minimal evidence for far transfer. It was a response to a 2014 consensus statement by an international group of 133 scientists, claiming that substantial scientific literature exists that supports the efficacy of brain training for real world needs. This was a meta-review of scientific research conducted on key players in the brain training industry. In particular the study ‘ Do “Brain-Training” Programs Work?’ was a key focus point in 2016. Questions over the efficacy of brain training programs have drawn much attention to date.