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Exactly.

About the game:

"To meet the objective, users have to identify different combinations of number strings in missions littered with distraction."

About the test (used to prove the game does improve cognitive abilities):

"Those tested were asked to detect digit sequences (such as 2-4 or 6-8), and then hit a button once detected as quickly as they could — and multiple sequences could appear at the same time"

This feels like a paid article to promote the Peak app. No science here unfortunately. I don't understand how public funds pay for studies like this.



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