Do “brain-training” programs work?

Simons, Daniel J.; Boot, Walter R.; Charness, Neil; Gathercole, Susan E.; Chabris, Christopher F.; Hambrick, David Z.; Stine-Morrow, Elizabeth A. L.

doi:10.1177/1529100616661983

Cited by 1,183Cognitive Abilities and TestingCognitive Functions and MemoryCognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills

Do “brain-training” programs work?

Simons, Daniel J., Boot, Walter R., Charness, Neil, Gathercole, Susan E., Chabris, Christopher F., Hambrick, David Z., Stine-Morrow, Elizabeth A. L.·2016·Psychological Science in the Public Interest

DOI 10.1177/1529100616661983

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Abstract

In 2014, two groups of scientists published open letters on the efficacy of brain-training interventions, or “brain games,” for improving cognition. The first letter, a consensus statement from an international group of more than 70 scientists, claimed that brain games do not provide a scientifically grounded way to improve cognitive functioning or to stave off cognitive decline. Several months later, an international group of 133 scientists and practitioners countered that the literature is replete with demonstrations of the benefits of brain training for a wide variety of cognitive and everyday activities. How could two teams of scientists examine the same literature and come to conflicting “consensus” views about the effectiveness of brain training? In part, the disagreement might result from different standards used when evaluating the evidence. To date, the field has lacked a comprehensive review of the brain-training literature, one that examines both the quantity and the quality of the evidence according to a well-defined set of best practices. This article provides such a review, focusing exclusively on the use of cognitive tasks or games as a means to enhance performance on other tasks. We specify and justify a set of best practices for such brain-training interventions and then use those standards to evaluate all of the published peer-reviewed intervention studies cited on the websites of leading brain-training companies listed on Cognitive Training Data ( www.cognitivetrainingdata.org ), the site hosting the open letter from brain-training proponents. These citations presumably represent the evidence that best supports the claims of effectiveness. Based on this examination, we find extensive evidence that brain-training interventions improve performance on the trained tasks, less evidence that such interventions improve performance on closely related tasks, and little evidence that training enhances performance on distantly related tasks or that training improves everyday cognitive performance. We also find that many of the published intervention studies had major shortcomings in design or analysis that preclude definitive conclusions about the efficacy of training, and that none of the cited studies conformed to all of the best practices we identify as essential to drawing clear conclusions about the benefits of brain training for everyday activities. We conclude with detailed recommendations for scientists, funding agencies, and policymakers that, if adopted, would lead to better evidence regarding the efficacy of brain-training interventions.

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The findings challenge the notion that WM training only leads to performance gains in tasks closely related to training.
“our findings challenge the notion that WM training only leads to performance gains in tasks that are closely related to the training79”
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Trace Memory Game is positioned as a cognitive-engagement title that stays carefully on the safer side of the brain-training debate critiqued by Simons et al. (2016).
“The product is positioned as a cognitive-engagement title that stays carefully on the safer side of the brain-training debate critiqued by Simons et al. (2016).”
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The App Store inventory of polished, modern games for blind/low-vision and dementia populations is thin, consisting of a handful of audio-only titles from specialist studios, a long tail of exercise-style brain trainers, and little in between.
“A walk through the App Store for polished, modern games built for these audiences turns up a thin inventory: a handful of audio-only titles from specialist studios, a long tail of exercise-style brain trainers whose evidence base is weak (Simons et al., 2016), and little in between.”
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The evidence base for exercise-style brain trainers is weak.
“a long tail of exercise-style brain trainers whose evidence base is weak (Simons et al., 2016)”
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The benefits of working memory training rarely transfer to other activities that also depend on working memory.
“However, the benefits of that training rarely transfer to other activities that also depend on WM.”
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Beyond the near/far distinction, there is little understanding of the cognitive constraints on transfer.
“Second, beyond this broad distinction, there is little understanding of the cognitive constraints on transfer (Shipstead, Redick, & Engle, 2010; Simons et al., 2016; Taatgen, 2013).”
From Working memory training involves learning new skills (2019) · cites this paper as Simons et al., 2016
The evidence that working memory training can ameliorate practical problems associated with working memory impairment is not compelling.
“To date the evidence that WM training can ameliorate these practical problems is not compelling.”
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The findings regarding CWMT have been mixed, which has kept researchers from reaching a definite conclusion on the topic.
“As in most cognitive-training programs, the findings regarding CWMT have been mixed, which has kept researchers from reaching a definite conclusion on the topic.”
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The studies investigating the effects of CWMT are the most numerous and best designed in the category of commercial cognitive-training programs.
“The studies investigating the effects of CWMT are undoubtedly the most numerous and best designed (e.g., often including active controls) in this category (Simons et al., 2016, pp. 143-148).”
From The cognitive and academic benefits of Cogmed: A meta-analysis (2019) · cites this paper as Simons et al., 2016
Poor design quality is often associated with more optimistic results in the field of cognitive training.
“In fact, poor design quality is often associated with more optimistic results in the field of cognitive training (Simons et al., 2016).”
From The cognitive and academic benefits of Cogmed: A meta-analysis (2019) · cites this paper as Simons et al., 2016
Near-transfer effects should not be interpreted as evidence of memory enhancement; rather, they denote improvement in the ability to perform the trained tasks.
“these effects should not be interpreted as evidence of memory enhancement.Rather, such effects denote improvement in the ability to perform the trained tasks.”
From The cognitive and academic benefits of Cogmed: A meta-analysis (2019) · cites this paper as Simons et al., 2016
The effectiveness of n-back training in eliciting transfer to other different tasks remains unclear.
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A recent review on cognitive training [23] emphasized that the strongest evidence for post-training gains tends to be in favor of nearest transfer, while broader transfer is considerably less frequent.
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Training on either WM or IC leads to specific performance benefits in tasks related to the training.
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Authors: Simons, D. J., Boot, W. R., Charness, N., Gathercole, S. E., Chabris, C. F., Hambrick, D. Z., & Stine-Morrow, E. A. L.
Affiliations: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
Florida State University (US)
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (GB)
Union College (US)
Michigan State University (US)
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Corresponding author: Simons, Daniel J.
ORCID: Simons, Daniel J.
Boot, Walter R.
Charness, Neil
Gathercole, Susan E.
Chabris, Christopher F.
Hambrick, David Z.
Venue: Psychological Science in the Public Interest
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2016-10
Volume: 17
Issue: 3
Pages: 103-186
ISSN: 1529-1006 (ISSN-L)
2160-0031
DOI: 10.1177/1529100616661983
OpenAlex: W2528124781
Semantic Scholar: 224d08a15960c774163fd53391d90b4caffe84e8
Cited by: 1,183
References: 328
Citations by year: 2026: 96 · 2025: 112 · 2024: 101 · 2023: 89 · 2022: 116 · 2021: 123 · 2020: 137 · 2019: 161 · 2018: 137 · 2017: 101 · 2016: 10
FWCI: 16.18
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: Psychological Science in the Public Interest (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
Keywords: brain training, cognitive training, cognitive games, transfer of training, cognitive decline, evidence evaluation
MeSH terms: Cognition, Humans, Learning

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