Posts Tagged ‘games’
Under new CEO, Lumosity to expand brain training platform with focus on applied skills and broader social, wellness factors
Lumosity’s Stumble Reveals How We Think About Thinking (BuzzFeed News): “The ads were pervasive, popping up on CNN, Fox News, NPR, and Google searches. And they were persuasive: Playing Lumosity games would do your brain good…But these claims sounded a little too rosy to the Federal Trade Commission, which
Read MoreMarbles: The Brain Store secures $10MM credit to open new “brain fitness” stores
Siena Lending Closes $10MM Facility for Marbles: The Brain Store (ABL Advisor): “Siena Lending Group LLC announces the completion of a three-year $10 million credit facility for Marbles: The Brain Store (“Marbles”) to refinance their existing senior debt and to support their store growth requirements.
Read MoreTop 10 Brain Teaser Games of 2015 For Teens and Adults
These are the 10 brain teasers, games & illusions that SharpBrains readers (primarily adults, but some younger minds too) enjoyed the most in 2015. It is always good to learn more about our brains and to challenge them! #1. You think you know the colors? Try the Stroop Test #2. Check out this brief attention experiment #3. Test your stress level #4. Guess:…
Read More10 Brain Transformers: A Poem
. As we enter an era of a transforming cerebrals there will soon be “Mindful” wearables to concentrate, meditate and self regulate Did I just see you drop your jawbone at the gate? Charge yourself to a calming or energizing state Enhance memory and you are now feeling great Your life may soon be in a different motion…
Read MoreUpdate: From Drugs and Helmets to Digital Brain Health toolkits
Time for a new edition of SharpBrains’ e‑newsletter. This time we focus on how much the brain health and behavioral health fields are changing, as they upgrade traditional toolkits with digital platforms to better monitor, assess and enhance cognition. Often driven by a growing consumer demand for improved brain fitness, as you can see in…
Read MoreNeuroscientists: Develop digital games to improve brain function and well-being
Authors: Develop digital games to improve brain function and well-being (UW-Madison News): “Neuroscientists should help to develop compelling digital games that boost brain function and improve well-being, say two professors specializing in the field in a commentary article published in the science journal Nature. In the Feb. 28 issue, the two — Daphne Bavelier of the University of Rochester…
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