Brain Training

Biohacker Review: Training emotional antifragility with EQPro

The eWM Classic mode is my favorite and closest to the original N-Back task, with the N-back box replaced with faces with a variety of expressions. The verbal data you need to store in your working memory is sprinkled with emotional phrases: hammer, door, hate, auto, rape, bird, circus, smile...

You have to purposefully ignore the emotional data and just record the audio and visual sequences in the RAM of your mind.

My first session with the EmWave2 was a little awkward, at first, the Coherence indicator was a major distractor, so it added to the consummate compartmentalization challenge that is Dual N-Back training.

I used EQPro, a version of the leading Dual N-Back software from IQ Mindware and my friend Dr. Mark Ashton Smith, which trains emotional regulation simultaneously. EQPro is the Dual N-Back task with emotional data that you have to either ignore or remember.

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This software is an unlimited demo of the Dual N-Back brain training task.

You can use it as long as you like for free and even go through the various memory training levels...

• 2-Back
• 3-Back
• 4-Back
• And beyond (you may even reach 7-Back like I did once!)

...however, there are some limitations and issues with it to be aware of.

You don't have to spend much time researching Biohacking before you start hearing about the myriad benefits of Dual N-Back training...

• Sharpening the working memory; the "scratchpad" of the mind that we use to solve problems.
• Increasing IQ.
• Lifehacking language learning, by promoting neuroplasticity and grey matter density.
• Improving fluid intelligence, to solve novel problems intelligently.
• Increasing self-control.
• Compartmentalization of emotions.
• Higher scores on Raven's Matrices Test.

This article is primarily concerned with the "transfer effects" or personal development benefits of Dual N-Back training; I'm of the school of philosophy that if something doesn't ultimately lead to getting me paid or getting me laid, it's not worth my time. I'm all about "know thyself" as long as it leads to more of this...

In this episode (coming to you from Medellin, Colombia and Ao Nang, Thailand) I'm joined by Dr. Mark Ashton Smith, we diagnose and identify actionable solutions to 20 notorious problems of smart people.

We also discuss the newest developments with IQ and fluid intelligence-building software and share some cool life hacks for reading more, procrastinating less, and improving your conversational skills with your smartphone. Dr. Smith has a couple of blogs worth checking out, HRP Lab: Brain Health, Resilience & Performance, and IQ Mindware. Along with a consistently informative and well-written newsletter that mind hackers should subscribe to.

About 30 sessions into my Dual N-Back training practice I realized an interesting personal development takeaway. Something that a cognitive psychologist would describe as domain-general; meaning that it has transfer effects that influence my life when I'm NOT playing the Dual N-Back game.

How to use the most scientifically credible Dual N-Back training app to gain up to 20 IQ points in 20 days.

I'm Jonathan with Limitless Mindset, coming to you from a hammock because this is my favorite place to do my Dual N-back training...

In this episode, we discuss biohacking our minds with Mark Ashton Smith, Ph.D.

A Cognitive Neuroscientist who obtained his doctorate from Carnegie Mellon University of Pittsburgh. He is a lecturer at Cambridge University and head of the psychology department of the University of Cyprus.
Dr. Smith has created the IQ Mindware line of apps and software proven to increase IQ, fluid intelligence, and working memory.