Train Your Brain, but Just for the Practiced Task

Search for "brain training" on internet. You'll find online games, software, exercises, even apps, all designed to prepare your brain to do better on any number of tasks. Do they work? University of Oregon psychologists say, yes, but "there's a catch." The catch, according to Elliot T. Berkman, a professor in the Department of Psychology and lead author on a study published in the Jan. 1 issue of the iJournal of Neuroscience/i, is that training for a particular ...