A New Game for Your Brain
The huge success of the 'Brain Age' series from Nintendo has created a whole new sub-genre of puzzle games that aren't just fun fun, but also make you smarter. 'Brain Age' is certainly the most popular, but not everyone has a Nintendo DS, which leads us to Lumosity. It's a so-called brain fitness game that presents you with a number of seemingly simple challenges that tax your noodle and, hopefully, help whip it into shape.
Some games test your reactions, like asking you to quickly identify whether a given symbol is the same as the last one that was displayed. Other games get a bit more complex: One of the harder ones shows you a wilderness image with a white box in the center. For an instant a small picture of a bird will appear somewhere on screen and a letter will flash in the box at the same time. You need to not only click where the bird appeared but then remember what letter was shown. Eventually the letters will spell the name of the bird, or you can gain some bonus points by guessing it earlier, 'Wheel of Fortune' style.
The games are fun and short and actually do seem like they could make you a little quicker with certain mental tasks. It's all free to boot, at least for the moment. Now just don't get caught playing at work.
From TechCrunch
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