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Brain Age Does Not Work Say French Researchers [Science]
Kotaku — ... just went to school showed a 20 percent increase. According to Alain Lieury, professor of cognitive psychology at the University of Rennes, "The Nintendo DS is a technological jewel. As a game it's fine, but it is charlatanism to claim that it is a scientific test... There were few positive effects and they were weak. Dr Kawashima is one of a long list of dream merchants." Professor Lieury is publishing his findings in a new book, Stimulate Your Neurones , which is out this month. Nintendo brain-trainer 'no better than pencil and paper' [Times ...

What’s just as effective as Brain Age but costs a lot less?
CrunchGear — ... A pen and a piece of paper. That’s what a British study has concluded, saying that the $40 Nintendo DS game is no better at keeping your brain “in shape” than doing a crossword puzzle, playing Sudoku or watching a documentary. (I recommend The Ascent of Money—it saves you from having to read the piece-of-junk book.) Now your children can’t pull this ol’ “but it’s educational!” gag on you, parents. ...

Study: Nintendo brain games don't make the grade
Crave: The gadget blog — ... . The latter game contains several types of puzzle challenges designed to stimulate and keep the gray matter "young" and sharp. "The Nintendo DS is a technological jewel. As a game it's fine," the Times Online quotes memory specialist Alain Lieury as saying. "But it is charlatanism to claim that it is a scientific test." Lieury split 67 10-year-olds into four groups, according to the Times Online. The first two took part in a seven-week memory course on a Nintendo DS game console, the third did puzzles with pencils and paper, and the fourth went to school as usual. ...

Stift und Papier besser als Gehirn-Jogging
Ausgefallene Gadgets & Geschenkideen — ... Nintendo-DS-Spiel “Dr. Kawashimas Gerhirn-Jogging” gespielt und versucht, damit unsere kleinen grauen Zellen ein wenig auf Trab zu bringen. Regelmäßiges Training mit dem Handheld soll wichtig sein, das bringt die Synapsen irgendwann auch wieder richtig zum glühen. Laut Nintendo können die Spiele bei regelmäßiger Anwendung sogar den Blutfluss zum Gehirn und damit die “praktische Intelligenz” verbessern. Alles Quatsch, sagt eine neue Studie von Professor Alain Lieury von der Universität in Rennes. Lieury testete die Brain ...

Professor: suggesting Brain Age helps is 'charlatanism'
Joystiq [Nintendo] — Filed under: NewsBrain Age games don't necessarily make you smarter, and it is "charlatanism" to make such a claim. Those are the conclusions drawn by one Alain Lieury, professor of cognitive psychology at the University of Rennes. The professor's findings were picked up by The Times, which loves itself a good story (from 2006). Lieury surveyed 67 ten-year-old kids in his study, which compared the impact of Brain Age on intelligence with pencil and paper-based puzzles and going to school (in ...

Professor: suggesting Brain Age helps is 'charlatanism'
Joystiq [Nintendo] — Filed under: NewsBrain Age games don't necessarily make you smarter, and it is "charlatanism" to make such a claim. Those are the conclusions drawn by one Alain Lieury, professor of cognitive psychology at the University of Rennes. The professor's findings were picked up by The Times, which loves itself a good story (from 2006). Lieury surveyed 67 ten-year-old kids in his study, which compared the impact of Brain Age on intelligence with pencil and paper-based puzzles and going to school (in ...

Study: Nintendo Brain Games Do Not Improve Your Memory ... May Be
Ubergizmo — ... "The Nintendo DS is a technological jewel. As a game it's fine," the Times Online quotes Lieury as saying. "But it is charlatanism to claim that it is a scientific test." "If it doesn't work on children, it won't work on adults," Lieury said. ...

"Brain" video games no better than pen and paper
Yahoo! Tech Advisors — ... Age can stave off dementia, make kids smarter, and generally improve memory. And while those claims may have a little merit, a new study says that the brain-teasing video games are probably no better than good-old pencil and paper versions. Nintendo has claimed that games like these can make you "two to three times better in tests of memory" and that "the more you use the brain in a challenging way, the better it can work." But a professor from the UK's University of Rennes says that's not exactly the case . Professor Alain Lieury tested 10-year-olds with both Nintendo ...

Gaming Roundup: Game Sales Trump DVD, Blu-Ray; ESA's Lobbying Fees; DS' Memory Merits Debunked?
paidContent — ... memory than reading a book. The study split more than 60 ten-year-olds into four groups—including kids that used a seven-week memory course on the DS and kids that used paper-and-pencil tests—and found that DS learners failed to show "any significant improvement" in memory tests. In fact, children using the DS did 17 percent worse when it came to memorization tests, while paper-and-pencil learners did 33 percent better. Alain Lieury, the University professor who conducted the survey, told the Times Online the DS was fine as a game, but that ...