Brain Fitness Program: evaluation checklist

May 16, 2007/Alvaro Fernandez/

Please check out our press release today: Sharp­Brains Announces Ten-Point Brain Fit­ness Check­list. We hope this infor­ma­tion is use­ful as you eval­u­ate all the pro­grams that are appear­ing. 

“Lead­ing Source of Brain Exer­cise Infor­ma­tion Estab­lish­es 10 Must-Ask Ques­tions for Con­sumers Choos­ing Brain Fit­ness Soft­ware Programs”

“SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The influx of brain exer­cise pro­grams dur­ing the past six months has lead SharpBrains.com, the nation’s first online brain fit­ness cen­ter and lead­ing provider of men­tal exer­cise infor­ma­tion and pro­grams, to estab­lish a 10-ques­tion check­list to help con­sumers choose the best brain fit­ness pro­gram for their needs.”

10 Ques­tions to Choose the

Right Brain Fit­ness Pro­gram for You
 

BASED ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
1. Are there sci­en­tists (ide­al­ly neu­ropsy­chol­o­gists) and a sci­en­tif­ic advi­so­ry board behind the program?
2. Are there pub­lished, peer-reviewed sci­en­tif­ic papers writ­ten by those sci­en­tists? How many?
 

MEASURABLE CLAIMS AND BENEFITS
3. What are the spe­cif­ic ben­e­fits claimed for using this program?
4. Does the pro­gram tell me what part of my brain or which cog­ni­tive skill I am exer­cis­ing, and is there an inde­pen­dent assess­ment to mea­sure my progress?
5. Is it a struc­tured pro­gram with guid­ance on how many hours per week and days per week to use it?
 

ENSURES CROSS-TRAINING
6. Do the exer­cis­es vary and teach me some­thing new?
 

IS IT EXERCISE — OR ENTERTAINMENT
7. Does the pro­gram chal­lenge and moti­vate me, or does it feel like it would become easy once I learned it?
 

GOOD FIT FOR ME
8. Does the pro­gram fit my per­son­al goals?
9. Does the pro­gram fit my lifestyle?
10. Am I ready and will­ing to do the pro­gram, or would it be too stressful?

For more infor­ma­tion on each ques­tion, see:

SharpBrains Checklist 10 Ques­tions to Choose the Right Brain Fit­ness Pro­gram for You
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SharpBrains Checklist Bookmark 10 Ques­tions to Choose the Right Brain Fit­ness Pro­gram for You (book­mark size)
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More infor­ma­tion in our Brain Fit­ness Top­ics sec­tion. Please let us know if you have any suggestions-thanks!

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