Thought I'd share a nice lil lifehack. A couple of games to increase IQ, as demonstrated by many published studies. The cool thing about them is, is that they can go on in complexity and difficulty forever, if you go on long enough/tinker with the settings. I've made it a daily habit. People saying they can raise IQ by 15-30+ points. Testimonials on rudgwicksteamshow.co.uk saying they've had near and far transfer benefits (i.e. the brain gains from neuroplasticity tranfer to other areas of your life making e.g. work and relationships much easier). You can ask AI about them for more info on the brain etc.
In my 20s, back when I was a little more open try novel things for self-improvement, I used to schedule a daily session of 'Lumosity' next to language learning. I kept this up for a few months, with occasional missed sessions, but eventually dropped it.
It's very difficult to introspect and tell whether it had any effect. Yes, I got better at the games themselves, but I'm not sure how you'd measure that transfer over to other areas of life. My experience is probably not a good barometer, because I was extremely busy at the time (working in the day and evening at separate jobs), and ultimately I had to drop some late activities to favour sleep and recovery. Now that I'm older, I basically won't sacrifice sleep for anything, which I consider one of the biggest "rocks" in terms of physical and mental health. Another habit that I'll never drop is physical exercise, since I find that it gives me a noticeable short-term and long-term boost in mood, sleep, and cognition. 'Brain training', though, was draining and often a little frustrating. This could be due to the fact that this came after a long day and my job(s) were also focused on mental work, rather than physical labour.
On that note: "neuroplasticity" feels like way too general a term. It's a bit like "fitness", we understand what people mean when they say they're trying to get fitter, but there's a big difference between being able to run 5km, sprint 100m, or lift 100kg. Even just those three things require very different training to improve. There's not really many activities that improve everything in one go, so what is it about "relational framework theory" that makes it special as a tool? The fact you just say "ask AI" suggests to me you haven't really thought about it, either.
I tried the in-browser app, which works really well and was neatly straight-forward for the user. The arcade mode isn't clear, it gave me four questions of the same time and was a bit one-note. I'm not sure I could see myself doing 25 "reps" of that per night. The playground mode is much more engaging, due to the variety of questions. I didn't try the second one, since common sense tells me not to download .exe files from imageboard posts.
Right now, at 4pm every day, I do about 30 minutes a day of focused learning for personal development. This means just 15 minutes of Rosetta Stone and 15 minutes of a basic driving theory course. This is sustainable, and I'm not sure what the benefit would be of adding another activity to that list. I'll look into it and if the evidence for RFT is really compelling, I'll try it, but I really suspect that this kind of activity is very much a "nice to have" rather than necessary training, for me.
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Sustainable? You should be passing your theory test after a few 15 minute study sessions.
Do you have any intention of ever driving a car by yourself? Or are you taking part in one them YouTube series following a hapless learner seemingly forever?
