Mea­sure Your Men­tal Speed and Flex­i­bil­ity with this Interactive Stroop Test

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | February 25, 2011 |

Here is a fun and inter­ac­tive ver­sion of the famous Stroop test. This test is used in neu­ropsy­cho­log­i­cal eval­u­a­tions to mea­sure men­tal speed and flex­i­bil­ity, the hall­marks of exec­u­tive func­tions. Per­form­ing well on the test requires strong atten­tion and self-reg­u­la­tion. Your job is to name the col­ors of the words. Do NOT read the words but the…

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I have to exercise my brain, too

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 15, 2007 |

I was exposed to a fun brain exer­cise on Mon­day: attend my first-ever live TV pro­gram, be ready for 3 very pre­cise questions…and then be asked oth­ers. The anchors were fun. It was fas­ci­nat­ing to observe, behind the scenes, the mak­ing of a news pro­gram: con­stant last-minute appar­ent chaos, the lawyer in the “ask the…

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Top 10 Brain Teasers and Games, with a neuroscience angle

By Caroline Latham | January 29, 2007 |

No mat­ter what we are read­ing or doing, there is always the need to take a lit­tle break and chal­lenge our minds (and to learn a bit about how our brains work).… If you care for Brain Fit­ness Pro­grams, check out Mind­Fit for an over­all men­tal work­out, Intel­li­Gym for bas­ket­ball game-intel­li­gence, RoboMemo for work­ing mem­o­ry train­ing, Freeze-Framer for stress man­age­ment and peak performance.

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Brain exercise: Better than coffee

By Alvaro Fernandez | September 14, 2006 |

  Quick! say aloud what col­or you see in every word below, NOT the word you read :-) The Stroop test is used in neu­ropsy­cho­log­i­cal eval­u­a­tions to mea­sure men­tal vital­i­ty and flex­i­bil­i­ty, since per­form­ing well requires strong inhi­bi­tion capability. 

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