Skeptic Check: Brain Gain (rebroadcast)
Publisher |
Airwave Media
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Science
Technology
Publication Date |
Oct 25, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:50:31

Looking to boost your brainpower? Luckily, there are products promising to help. Smart drugs, neurofeedback exercises, and brain-training video games all promise to improve your gray matter’s performance. But it’s uncertain whether these products really work. Regulatory agencies have come down hard on some popular brain training companies for false advertising. But other brain games have shown benefits in clinical trials. And could we skip the brain workout altogether and pop a genius pill instead? 

In our regular look at critical thinking, we separate the pseudo from the science of commercial cognitive enhancement techniques.

Guests:

Originally aired August 6, 2018

Looking to boost your brainpower? Luckily, there are products promising to help – smart drugs, neurofeedback exercises, and specially-designed video games. But it’s uncertain whether these products really work. Regulatory agencies have come down hard on some popular brain training companies for false advertising, but other brain games have shown benefits in clinical trials. And could we skip the brain workout altogether and pop a genius pill instead?

Looking to boost your brainpower? Luckily, there are products promising to help. Smart drugs, neurofeedback exercises, and brain-training video games all promise to improve your gray matter’s performance. But it’s uncertain whether these products really work. Regulatory agencies have come down hard on some popular brain training companies for false advertising. But other brain games have shown benefits in clinical trials. And could we skip the brain workout altogether and pop a genius pill instead? 

In our regular look at critical thinking, we separate the pseudo from the science of commercial cognitive enhancement techniques.

Guests:

Originally aired August 6, 2018

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