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A study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance in 2014 noted in their conclusion that Video Game Training enhanced players visual working memory performance. Visual working memory is the ability to remember specific acquired information and knowledge and then apply this to scenarios in a video game. The ability to utilize this memory can determine your success in the video game.

According to an article entitled, "Does Lumosity work?" published at MD Health.com there have been several studies conducted that lead scientists to beleive that some of the activites or games found on the web site do affect the brain in several areas. A University of Michigan study found improvements in the areas of dual attention tasks and memory for subjects according to their test scores. Another study at Brown University found adults improving brain performance in the area of working memory after training was completed.

Several considerations would be the time that subjects devoted to training and how functional the training completed could be applied to everyday tasks. If you can sort quite fast squares and triangles on the site, does that translate into any functional task improvment, or are you just better at sorting on the web site? For years nursing homes and senior citizen centers have stated that if you work crossword puzzles and play cards you will use your brain so you don't lose your brain. But are you just keeping skills for those particular activities sharp while other brain areas progress into cognitive decline?

A recent article entitled "Bilingualism may slow Alzheimer's Progression," published at Everyday Health.com shows that more than 648 people participated in a study after they were having symptoms of dementia. This study claims that bilingual subjects progressed slower than other subjects that were not bilingual and the average slowing was 4 years. The theory is that speaking another language forces the brain to work on concentration of different sounds, words, structures, and concepts.This study found the effect to be most prevelant with those who were diagnosed with frontotemporal lobe dementia.