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Lumosity study examines effects of cognitive training in students Analysis of 1,300 students who trained with Lumosity showed greater improvement in a battery of cognitive assessments Lumosity, the online cognitive training and neuroscience research company, is presenting today at the annual 2013 Society for Neuroscience meeting on the effects of cognitive training in the academic setting. Study results found that students who trained with Lumosity improved more on a battery of online cognitive assessments compared to students who kept to a standard academic schedule. Effects were dose-dependent; those who spent more than nine hours training with Lumosity improved almost twice as much as those who did not train.
"These preliminary findings are exciting because they provide evidence that cognitive training may be an effective tool for improving students' cognitive abilities," said Nicole Ng, Research Associate at Lumosity and lead author on the study. "This research opens up opportunities for additional large-scale, multi-site neuroscience research in the classroom to study the enhancement of learning capabilities, and in turn, behavioral characteristics, and academic performance."
The study included a sample of 1305 students aged 8-15 years old from 45 schools across six countries including Australia, Canada, China, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States. Students were assigned to the intervention group that trained with Lumosity (n=894) or control group that received education as usual (n=411). All participants completed the Brain Performance Test (BPT) pre- and post-intervention, which provides a reliable (r =.89) and repeatable test of cognitive performance.
Findings are from the Lumosity Education Access Program (LEAP) 2012 academic year. LEAP provides free Lumosity subscriptions to educators to study the effects of cognitive training on student's learning abilities.
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About LEAP
LEAP serves as a research platform for teachers and Lumos Labs researchers to investigate the effects of cognitive training on students' cognitive capabilities, behavioral characteristics and academic performance. This data and research is incorporated into the development and improvement of Lumosity's cognitive training exercises to help lay a strong foundation for future educational neuroscientific studies.
LEAP provides free Lumosity subscriptions to teachers who are looking to improve their students' ability to learn and think. To date, LEAP has provided Lumosity to over 14,000 students in 500 classrooms worldwide. The program is open to not-for-profit private and public school students in 3rd through 12th grade. Educators can apply for semester or year-long memberships for their students to use within school. For more information, please visit http://hcp.lumosity.com/get_involved/educator.
About Lumosity
Lumosity is committed to pioneering the understanding and enhancement of the human brain to give each person the power to unlock their full potential. Lumosity's online and mobile programs train core cognitive abilities such as memory and attention. Launched in 2007, Lumosity now has more than 40 games, 50 million members, and paying subscribers from 180 countries. Lumosity's games are based on the latest discoveries in neuroscience, with continuing independent third-party studies being conducted by researchers at Harvard, Stanford, and other academic institutions. Lumosity is available at Lumosity.com, the iPhone and iPad. Lumosity is headquartered in San Francisco, California. For more information, please visit http://www.lumosity.com.
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