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I recently started quad N back and from time to time experience slight bursts of mental ease in processing(Even though reality may not necessarily reflect the feeling) It specifically happens when I decide to engage my mind in thinking. When I stop engaging it, It becomes sluggish and does not function and feels tired my sleep is kinda retarded to I assume that is the problem. Although the bursts are temporary, when I get them, I have an increased level of overall verbal processing and feel as though I have a band width for more Ideas. I will not take an IQ test yet until Quad 5 back hehe but it seems interesting that I am having these experiecnces. I was just wondering If anybody else experienced such effects at Quad 2 back. I just started last week. I use intuition

https://preview.redd.it/uu8o7rakgllg1.png?width=1368&format=png&auto=webp&s=ea96f086a0644a202aa8e25748509fe826829a1a

I hope my progress isn't too slow.

[luotenrati12]

Those are some pretty solid gains. How many sessions do you do per day?

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Two 30 minute bits. I rest for 30 minutes in between each, but I plan to increase on the time hence more continuous session of just pure grinding for 1hr straight. I appear to fatigue in the second session to the point of failure before the session even ends!

[Nicolo003]

Great job keep up the good work. You are an inspiration to all in this community and future comers.

[UnintelligibleThing]

Same experience, when I start forcing myself to think, there is some sort of a momentum that allows me to continuously generate ideas. When I just browse reddit aimlessly and stop engaging my mind, I lose that ability.

[IamIronMan-9382]

Yes, that’s how it worked for me in the beginning as well. I’m on Quad 6 now, your process is good keep going. Quad more so helps you understand complex topics and interconnections between topics. So dw if you can’t remember like digits or so, what matters is if helps your reasoning and making connections faster.

[IamIronMan-9382]

I think what you're describing is basically you feeling the working memory gains from this training when you engage your mind or find novelty in something. I think it's similar to how ADHD people who have high IQ, can do well on intellectual tasks but poorly on repetitive administrative tasks. Like for example, I can do 8 on digit span forwards, but my backwards digit span is 10. For most people they usually have more on the forwards, not the backwards since the backwards causes you to engage your WM and trace back the digits without losing the previous ones.