cognitive fun!

I know what you mean with the improvements at each stage, i'm forcing myself to do at least 20-30 minutes every day, even when i've been horrendously lazy and not done anything, and it's gotten to 12 at night, i then sit at my desk and do 30 odd minutes of the n back then the 9 grid n-back.

crikey though its going to be a few days to get used to the new shapes on the 9 square on brain workshop, I'm a visual learner so the shapes are going to require more effort to remember. The ones on this site are images which are well...easier, but really that's not the point is it. it's meant to be difficult otherwise everyone would be doing it,

I love the challenge the n back represents, and being able to knock it up to a ridiculous number beautiful.

Currently Im working on raw memorizing and keeping the images in mind, If im seeing improvement then im knocking it up to the next level.

scratch what i said. sorry. i have somewhat of a technique. i break 12 down into 4 3s.

i don't have a technique. i believe in order for it to work, you need to do everything subconsciously.

the way i made major improvements with dual n back was by forcing myself to play at the next n back level every time i got around a 30% average. i recently got back to playing dual n back after a month hiatus. i was at 9 when i stopped for a while. at first i went up to dual 10 back after breaking 50% on 9. i noticed a major increase in focus but nothing along the lines of the faster thinking i have now. i ended up getting impatient because i wanted to see profound change. i played 10 back for a week or so before jumping to 12. i forced myself to jump to 12 after getting 50% twice and regularly getting 30% or above. i jumped to 12 once i realized how quickly i was adapting to 11. i felt an immediate improvement in my mind when i dedicated myself to dual 12 back. i averaged in the upper 20s and regularly got into the 30's. i decided to jump up to dual 14 back today. i only played for about 7 minutes. my first score was 17%. my second score was 26%. I want my brain to be so strong that on a really low energy day i will be forced to deal with only holding 9 or 10 things in my head at once. i believe there is no limit to how powerful your mind can become with dual n back. i have been irritable lately though. i also sense my ego is getting a lot bigger. i always felt the need to feel smart because i was brain damaged from bipolar. i don't believe i am completely healed yet either but my mind's powers are unlocking. i feel great pride in my mind now because I built it myself. I wasn't born with this kind of intelligence. i need to control this or i will become self destructive. i think i need to start meditating. i am not used to my mind working like this. it can be kind of scary.

wow dual 12 back, congratulations :)

Currently I would say my biggest improvement is being able to fully focus on a task at hand and readily 'lose myself in the moment' plus I've found a big improvement in remembering information from a conversation and recalling it.


Out of interest what technique do you use. I've recently managed 9 back and was over the moon :) I usually picture the different images, 3 on the left/above/right of the centre of the screen and i can 'feel' if the image is a repeat, and have moved to the n back on the 9 square grid where I can have images/colors/words all together with the n back and have to remember the image location repeat as well as the image itself to make it more difficult...but 10,11,12+ back, that sounds amazing! I'm downloading the program now.

I have been n backing since september 2010 and have just reached dual 12 back. my brain has been healing for a year. severe bipolar disorder damaged it. i noticed a major increase in focus when i reached dual 10 back. i now notice a major intelligence improvement since forcing myself to play dual 12 back. i now think way way faster. my memory is so much better and my vocabulary has increased. i will probably give it a month or so before i increase to 13. has anyone else out there had anything as profound happen to them after n backing?