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Submitted by BIoodmask 1109d ago | news

Study: DS Brain Training Doesn't Work

A new study at the University of Rennes in France has found that, contrary to Nintendo's claims, DS brain training titles won't necessarily make you brainier if you play them every day.

Alain Lieury, professor of cognitive psychology at the university, carried out a series of memory tests on children that had been learning with DS for seven weeks and those that hadn't. (Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day, Nintendo DS)

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