<p>I could not find any examples in the literature where the game has been explicitly studied for brain training purposes. I should also confess that I don't know a lot about the specific game. However, based on general knowledge of the skill acquisition literature, I would predict the following:</p>

<p>Playing the game  should develop your skills in Nonogram Picross. If you prefer the brain-terminology, you could say that playing Nomogram Picross develops the "brain skill" of playing Nonogram Picross. In some senses any human skill involves the brain. </p>

<p>I don't imagine that playing the game would improve your cognitive capacity in any general way. However, it might make you better at playing other similar games. Skill acquisition tends to be fairly domain specific.</p>

<p>If you are looking for advice, play the game if you get intrinsic enjoyment from it. If you want to improve your functioning in some other domain of life, then practice and learn skills more relevant to that other domain of life.</p>

<p>You may find it helpful to read <a href="https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/1705/how-valid-is-lumositys-brain-performance-index-and-what-normative-information-i">another question on brain training on this site</a> for more links to literature on evaluations of brain training.</p>

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Jeromy Anglim
<p>I've been playing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonogram" rel="nofollow">Nonogram</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picross_DS" rel="nofollow">Picross</a> a lot lately. I really  like it and you can always find a harder challenge but I would hate to waste my time for nothing. </p>

<p><strong>What brain skill does Nonogram (Picross) develop?</strong></p>

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What brain skill does Nonogram (Picross) games develop?
Muhammad Gelbana
# What brain skill does Nonogram (Picross) games develop?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-04-06)

I've been playing [Nonogram](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonogram) [Picross](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picross_DS) a lot lately. I really like it and you can always find a harder challenge but I would hate to waste my time for nothing.

**What brain skill does Nonogram (Picross) develop?**

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### Answer by username_1 on 2013-04-06. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

I could not find any examples in the literature where the game has been explicitly studied for brain training purposes. I should also confess that I don't know a lot about the specific game. However, based on general knowledge of the skill acquisition literature, I would predict the following:

Playing the game should develop your skills in Nonogram Picross. If you prefer the brain-terminology, you could say that playing Nomogram Picross develops the "brain skill" of playing Nonogram Picross. In some senses any human skill involves the brain.

I don't imagine that playing the game would improve your cognitive capacity in any general way. However, it might make you better at playing other similar games. Skill acquisition tends to be fairly domain specific.

If you are looking for advice, play the game if you get intrinsic enjoyment from it. If you want to improve your functioning in some other domain of life, then practice and learn skills more relevant to that other domain of life.

You may find it helpful to read [another question on brain training on this site](https://cogsci.stackexchange.com/questions/1705/how-valid-is-lumositys-brain-performance-index-and-what-normative-information-i) for more links to literature on evaluations of brain training.


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