Cogmed, emWave, brainHQ, Lumosity and “I have seen the results I wanted”

Ques­tion by Veron­i­ca Yin:
Cogmed has the high­est sur­vey results for “I have seen the results I want­ed.” I had nev­er heard of it before. emWave comes a close sec­ond, and I had­n’t heard of it either. And then brain­HQ and Lumos­i­ty are well ahead of gen­er­al brain games. What do you rec­om­mend for a busy mom and lawyer in my 50s? And for my teenage kids?

Alvaro Fernandez

Alvaro Fer­nan­dez

Answer by Alvaro Fernandez:
Well, it takes time for new fields to mature and for peo­ple to be aware of the options and their respec­tive val­ue and limitations…

What I rec­om­mend all of you is that first of all you read the per­son­al vignettes in the last chap­ter (note: of The Sharp­Brains Guide to Brain Fit­ness), because they help inte­grate all the most impor­tant brain-enhanc­ing meth­ods, which include aer­o­bic exer­cise, med­i­ta­tion, good nutrition…

Then, if you are sure you want to try the brain train­ing route, I’d prob­a­bly say emWave and brain­HQ can make sense for you, and Lumos­i­ty and per­haps Cogmed (more expen­sive, most­ly dis­trib­uted through clin­i­cians and schools) for your kids. You can read in Table 5 more info about them, and decide.

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