Lumosity: Brain Training Product Review Survey

As part of our ongo­ing mar­ket research we’d like to ask past and cur­rent users of Lumos Labs prod­ucts to share their expe­ri­ence with us via this 3‑question anony­mous sur­vey. Please take this sur­vey if you have used a Lumos Labs prod­uct your­self or have seen some­one else use it.

 Take this 3‑question Survey

Please note that we do not endorse this prod­uct (or any oth­er) or any of the claims below. We inde­pen­dently track and ana­lyze emerg­ing brain/ cog­ni­tive sci­ence, tech­nol­ogy and inno­va­tion, and their real-world appli­ca­tions. This sur­vey helps us learn more about the latter.

Com­pany name: Lumos Labs.

Com­pany descrip­tion (in their own words, in their own web­site): “Lumos Labs is web #1 brain train­ing pro­gram.  It is the most effec­tive online tool for cog­ni­tive enhance­ment. Under the guid­ance of our Sci­en­tif­ic Advi­so­ry Board — which includes researchers from such insti­tu­tions as UCSF and Stan­ford — our neu­ro­sci­en­tists design our train­ing pro­grams to pro­duce notice­able cog­ni­tive benefits”.

Main prod­uct name/s: Lumos­i­ty — for all ages.

Prod­uct descrip­tion (in their own words, in their own web­site): “Lumos­i­ty is for every­one.  Lumos­i­ty improves mem­o­ry, atten­tion, pro­cess­ing speed, and prob­lem-solv­ing skills so you can feel more con­fi­dent in your abil­i­ties.  Lumos­i­ty has helped peo­ple remem­ber names and faces, pre­pare for sports com­pe­ti­tions, study for aca­d­e­m­ic tests, and even learn new instru­ments and lan­guages. It’s also helped those recov­er­ing from dis­ease- and acci­dent-relat­ed brain injuries”.

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To learn more about Sharp­Brains’ gen­eral analy­sis of emerg­ing sci­ence, com­pa­nies, tech­nolo­gies and prod­ucts, please see…

• Our com­pre­hen­sive mar­ket report for deci­sion-mak­ers & inno­va­tors: Trans­form­ing Brain Health with Dig­i­tal Tools to Assess, Enhance and Treat Cog­ni­tion across the Lifes­pan: The State of the Brain Fit­ness Mar­ket 2010 ($975)
• Our book/ con­sumer guide for every­one with a brain, named a Best Book by AARP: The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness: 18 Inter­views with Sci­en­tists, Prac­ti­cal Advice, and Prod­uct Reviews, to Keep Your Brain Sharp ($15 paper­back; $8 eBook)
• To Eval­u­ate Prod­ucts Mak­ing Brain Fitness/ Brain Train­ing Claims: 10-Ques­tion Eval­u­a­tion Check­list (free; online,  one-pager, bookmark)