Improving the way we think by playing games. Mind-training. Why not… our brains are mental muscles that need exercise to strive. When I came across an article about a company called Lumosity I thought I would give it a try (as have 35 million others) and over time its like going to the gym (you feel better)… so why not keep going. Note: The fifth area is Memory… not Attention twice. Memory is my lowest score.
Interesting. Often, the Internet lures me into scatterbrained behavior. This might be a way to counteract that. (So is typewriting!)
So I’ve just gotten through my first days training on this. Pretty interesting. So, let me ask you: you’ve signed up for the full version? How much does this differ from the version you get to play for free, and is it worth the cost? Seems really neat!
Ken:
The free and the full differ only in that the free is just the entry level game… as you move up they get more complex and of course a larger selection of games comes into play. Worth the cost? At first I was not so sure… but like exercise you do not see or feel any results right away. But after several hundred games played… I noticed that I played some games better and I liked looking at the charts of my ups and downs. Its not money wasted…
Gerald
Richard:
I will say that before I took up typing and I spent time away from the mind training my scores went down fast. With typing I don’t lose grown after several weeks of not playing the games. I would say that typing has helped maintain what ever gains Lumosity provided.