cognitive fun! talk RSS http://cognitivefun.net Cognitive neuroscience for everyone! Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:50:30 -0800 Lol, laughing at the not bold part lol. You're right It doesn't deserve to be called a record-beater just got a little excited due to setting a new personal best thats all. I think I'll train some more and read material that I do not normally read (I tend to read mostly difficult technical stuff and shy away from literature) and see If I improve again in another few weeks or so. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:00:33 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/18857#r_19141 Your score isn't even bold. Are you sure you really want to call that a record-beater? If so, I have some bad news... ;-) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:14:06 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/18857#r_19138 Span record beat (well slightly so its no big deal) took all I had plus intuition. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:18:19 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/18857#r_19137 I've found that I can alter the extent to which I'm consciously aware of what I have to type - typing without thinking/sub-vocalising may be trainable and may free up WM for memorisation (eg. for reciting the memorised words rather than subvocalising what one is typing). Finding the right strategy may matter. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:16:36 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/18857#r_19132 Avatar seems to put forward some kind of critique of US foreign policy - it's done very subtly tho', so you'll have to wait until your 15th viewing to make it out. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:12:39 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/18857#r_19131 Uh, yeah. You were asking the wrong "?" (above), by the way. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:34:32 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/18857#r_19127 So where's the top end at Dif. Task Span? 30? Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:17:55 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/18857#r_19126 lol Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:25:01 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/18857#r_19123 i now it is cool man Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:24:29 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/18857#r_19122 hello will you chat with me so i can go to sea AVATAR and it is my 13th time and it is so cool man Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:21:18 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/18857#r_19121 Yeah you're right I just got a little paranoid because I have improved considerably the last two times I took the test. Looks like the training/hard work is starting to pay off. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:09:40 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/18857#r_19119 [Not caring about how threads tend to derail themselves by taking up a third rail here and there like normal conversation, I'll answer.] Where are you getting this "practice effects" for RST? Nowhere in the literature have I seen this mentioned, even though it is true that such effects can be seen for other ECTs (RST isn't an ECT), like the Flanker task and other skill-based tasks (e.g., arithmetic) which leads to lower g-loading through "practice". While there may be sparse repetition in cogfun's RST, I don't see much in the way of practice effects emerging in the course of taking numerous sessions in succession. However, if this is your point (that sentences re-appear after a while), then I agree with you. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:16:19 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/18857#r_19117 Wow, nice. Although I'm not too surprised as you seem to exhibit a very high level of verbal ability in your posts. Great job I would attempt it again and try not to make any spelling errors but I don't feel like typing and don't want to induce any practice effects so I'll come back to it in another 2 weeks or so. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:53:04 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/18857#r_19110 Hah. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:31:47 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/18857#r_19107 No. It's 8. Let me show you... https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B5IiAkbUhNwtNmMzMWU1NDgtMmFhMS00OGM0LWE3MjYtMjk0MGUyMThmZjM2&hl=en With 100% correct, I typed a word a second, roughly. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:56:32 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/18857#r_19106 lol. The task does not accept spelling errors so I usually check over what I typed very carefully (sometimes that doesn't even work). Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:23:33 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/18857#r_19103 7, I think. Your recall times are quite slow - are you the world's worst typist? Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:42:22 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/18857#r_19102 Wow just got burned on reading span 8 got the 1st trial but misspelled words on the 2nd and 3rd trials. I'm pissed but at the same time glad that I've improved a little. I hope that it's a genuine improvement instead of a practice effect (I try to keep at least a 3 week gap between span tests). Whats the record on RST anyway? Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:50:28 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/18857#r_19101 He very clearly said these characteristics were fabricated. In other words, they're lies created for his own amusement. Even if they did "go away" after training that wouldn't implicate training as the cause of their going away. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:14:01 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/18857#r_19087 Wait you had all these problems and they are gone because of n back? or u have these problems because of n back. ur comment was very confusing to me pls clarify if you will thanks.! Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:40:34 -0800 http://cognitivefun.net/talk/post/18857#r_19085