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gtrubetskoy on June 20, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Study suggests that the “brain training” industry ...

Unlike "brain training", good old "learning" and "education" are definitely _not_ placebos.

1ris on June 20, 2016 [–]

Learning a language might increase your overall intelligence, but mostly you "just" learn a language - like solving puzzles makes you better at solving these specific puzzles.

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