A research group led by Associate Professor Tsuyoshi Okamoto of Kyushu University's Institute of Fundamental Research demonstrated that three days of EEG training can improve long-term memory.
According to Kyushu University, the research group divided 32 students who did not know the intention of the research into a group that performed a brain wave training method called neurofeedback and a group that did not, and examined changes in memory for one week.As a result, the group who received the training method had a lower memory forgetting rate after one week.
In the past, the neurofeedback training method often had a training period of one week to several months, but the research group conducted it for three days.Still, it has the effect of improving long-term memory.
The neurofeedback training method is a training method that adjusts while checking one's brain activity with the help of a computer and one's own will. Various methods have been developed and applied since the 1960s, but improvement of long-term memory has been achieved. It was not clear if it would be useful for.
The research results proved that it is possible to put the brain in a state where it is easy to remember things just by having an electroencephalograph and a computer without using drugs or electrical stimulation.Associate Professor Okamoto thinks that the neurofeedback training method can be used not only for study and work, but also for the prevention of dementia.
Paper information:[Scientific Reports] Neurofeedback training improves episodic and semantic long-term memory performance
