APPS
Fit Brains Trainer
This “Scientifically designed brain training program includes more than 60 unique workouts so you should never get bored. The app’s accompanying website has over 30 brain games played more than 75 million times. Sessions focus on concentration, problem solving and memory. You’ll work on completing patterns, testing your spatial awareness and remembering sequences. It also has a brain tools page so you can track your progress each day and over long stretches of time and compare yourself to other people in your age group – are they faster, better at problem solving or do they have better concentration skills? Identify your weaknesses and focus your energy on those areas to bring yourself up to speed.
BrainyApp
Brainy App was designed to raise awareness of the risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia, so in addition to two addictive brain games, it also has numerous other tools and suggestions on how to keep you brain active – such as taking a class, meeting someone new or getting more physical activity. You can keep track of your healthy-brain activities right in the app and watch your brain health score increase over time.
Brain games 2 puzzles and riddles
Problem-solving puzzles like “Hyper Lines” and “Crazy Stars” will have you sliding circles around game boards until you achieve the end-goal design set out for you. Some puzzles are harder than others and you’ll be determined to finish each and every one – no matter how many tries it takes!
Knowledge Trainer
This app presents you with sets of 10 multiple choice questions at a time. You’ll start at knowledge level 1 (easy) and move up a level to more difficult questions with each correct answer. Every 10-question set will test your knowledge of science, arts and letters, geography, film, technology, social science, sports, history, music and, finally, one miscellaneous topic.
Mensa Brain Test
Mensa, the world’s largest and most well-known society for people with exceptional IQs, has developed a mobile app for anyone to download (for a small price) so you can test your IQ anywhere, anytime. Once you’ve completed the test (which is a series of genuine Mensa questions similar to those on the official Mensa test), you’ll see how you rank compared to other users.
WEBSITES
Lumosity - http://www.lumosity.com
Online brain training exercises to improve cognitive functioning. It consists of more than 40 games in the areas of memory, attention, flexibility, speed of processing, and problem solving.
BrainHQ – http://www.positscience.com
A brain training program clinically proven to improve memory, speed, and attention.
By Karen Smibert
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