Re: Triple/quadruple/pentuple better than dual?

Zeus was not Aries, though he was certainly his father.

And Hermes was the god of science, not Zeus.

(Yes, I know more Greek mythology than I care to know.)

argumzio

On May 21, 4:44 pm, Pontus Granström <lepon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Interesting experience, I have similar ones. Especially the "blinking n-back
> board" part. To answer your question, I do believe my empathy has improved.
> People who normally would irritate or disturb me do not do so anymore, I
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> to find it easier to find logical explanations to their behaviour rather
> than connecting them with the reptile brain. Anyone that has this
> experience. So n-backing might be useful for humanities people. But there's
> no coincident that
> the god science (Zeus) is also the god of war.
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> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 10:14 PM, Hoobler <whhoob...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi, all. I've been reading this list for at least a two years, but
> > this is my first posting; since this Google Group has provided me with
> > far more and far better information, hints, tips, leads, etc. than any
> > other source--e.g. books I found on my own, talking to more or less
> > expensive experts (nutritionists, psychologists, and other sorts of
> > self-improvement gurus), I thought that, in my first posting, I should
> > first say "thanks" to everyone who posts here. You are a curious and
> > ambitious and open-minded bunch of people, it seems to me.
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> > At the moment, my main question is this: Does anyone think that or has
> > anyone had experiences that indicate that the more parallel (triple/
> > quad) forms of n-back are better for *humanities* people than DNB?
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> > More specifically: I am an advanced student of the humanities, and I
> > am actually preparing for my oral examination at the moment. Any tips
> > specifically pertaining to studying for a graduate school oral
> > examination would be very greatly appreciated...I am already reading,
> > and practicing techniques from, a mnemonics books that someone in this
> > group recommended...
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> > I trained DNB on line for about a year and a half and experienced some
> > gains. I think that I don't appreciate them much any more because, as
> > it seems, I consolidated them a long time ago and haven't noticed
> > additional improvement for a long time--until I started doing *triple*
> > n-back recently on Brain Workshop. The speed-changing and parallel
> > aspect of it seem much, much more "to the point" for me...I would say
> > that I couldn't say for sure whether I really am actually a better
> > scholar/philosopher/critic because of my recent TNB training--at least
> > not yet, but get this: my thoughts *feel* more organized a lot of the
> > time...This will sound weird, but I've learned to trust myself about
> > these things: I think that in some weird way I "see" the blinking n-
> > back board in my head interwoven with my thoughts somehow...I may also
> > have been seeing brighter colors in my dreams...But, in any case, I
> > have *definitely* had the sense that my thoughts are somehow more
> > organized even if, objectively, my ideas aren't better...It's fun for
> > me at least to feel things "clicking" inwardly a little
> > differently...But to return to my question: humanities people: what do
> > you think? (By the way,--well, as you can tell simply from my being a
> > follower of this group, I'm obviously also very much interested in
> > logic and science, but my vocation is in the humanities...)
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