BUT…
A very variable progress indeed!
At least there is evidence of plasticity (change) across all areas although minimal in the working memory exercises.
I have been aware of this enormous difficulty with working memory since the commencement of the program. I just could not increase my rather low threshold during these exercises. Do my results fulfill the prediction of precipitous decline with increasing age….?
However during the last couple of attempts I found a strategy that might work in the working memory exercises next time and at least I didn’t go backward!. The narrative memory exercise also measures working memory, but because the details to be recalled are embedded in a story network, I performed much better.
I will leave others to speculate about what my results mean. They are difficult to interpret except in that change occurred following prolonged practice. In the Discrimination of Sounds exercise (72% improvement) I suspect that I could only improve. I have no musical ability whatsoever, mores the pity! However my ear is trained to the birdsong, the wind in the eucalypts, the waves and the sound of children’s voices…..
BUT…
A very variable progress indeed!
At least there is evidence of plasticity (change) across all areas although minimal in the working memory exercises.
I have been aware of this enormous difficulty with working memory since the commencement of the program. I just could not increase my rather low threshold during these exercises. Do my results fulfill the prediction of precipitous decline with increasing age….?
However during the last couple of attempts I found a strategy that might work in the working memory exercises next time and at least I didn’t go backward!. The narrative memory exercise also measures working memory, but because the details to be recalled are embedded in a story network, I performed much better.
I will leave others to speculate about what my results mean. They are difficult to interpret except in that change occurred following prolonged practice. In the Discrimination of Sounds exercise (72% improvement) had it been just sounds I suspect that I could only improve, as I do not have a ‘musical ear’. But it was computer generated syllables! My ear is trained to the birdsong, the wind in the eucalypts, the waves and the sound of children’s voices…..
