Which Approach Works Best
The question is, which approach works best? The answer to this question, if it appears on the Topic Quiz, is Yes and No.
Well, it wasnât a brain surgeon who wrote the quiz, so what can I say.
Actually, it all depends on the age of the individual and the goals we establish for training.
For the old folk (22 years and aging), if memory loss is a real problem (particularly if it results from some kind of brain trauma), research suggests that Strategies are the best way to go.
These will provide gains in memory performance that are more meaningful for them to deal with the routines of daily living.
The Arnie Schwarzenegger approach seems to bring results that are too minimal to be useful to significantly improve performance on daily tasks.