I thought it was reported a whole back that the benefits of those "brain training" apps were vastly over-hyped. Gonna have to go back & look for those reports.

[–] javasux@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I believe the finding was that learning new skills was the beneficial part, and it didn't help to keep doing them once you were proficient

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Learning is good for the brain at any age. Picking up a new skill, traveling to a foreign land, starting a new job with new people…

Fiddling with an app on your phone…. Not so much.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

They were right.

What OP posted is click bait meta analysis