Nov
12
http://www.WatchMojo.com presents… A series on Memory and how to improve it and help your brain function better.
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Nov
08
We’ve added a few more free online memory games to our sites Free Online Games post. They’re fun and addicting to play. One of the memory games has even been shown to increase I.Q by playing it. Click on over and check out them out. You can find the free memory games listed under the Free Online Brain Games post by clicking here.
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Oct
26
A recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that a particular memory game called Dual N-Back may actually improve a persons short term memory. The study indicates that by regularly playing the Dual N-Back game, it may be possible to increase almost anyone’s IQ (or more accurately, gF), which was previously thought to be unchangeable.
The Dual N-Back game involves remembering both a sequence of spoken letters AND a sequence of positions of a square at the same time, hence the term “Dual” in the game name. The “N” refers to how many sequences back you remember.
Links to sites where you can find and play Dual N-Back are listed below:
Free Game Sites:
Brainworkshop – Downloadable game.
Commercial Game Site:
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Oct
13
Playing online brain games have been shown by scientists to provide us with many cognitive benefits. Below is a list of just 6 benefits that can be gained by playing online brain games.
1. Improved Memory
Exposing our brain to mental activities such as online brain games, reading, remembering important events, running errands and simply remembering where you last placed your keys are important to keep up as you grow older. Otherwise as you grow older you wouldn’t find those once simple memory tasks so simple any longer
2. Improved Peripheral Vision
Many online brain games actually help you improve your peripheral vision. How can this help you in real life? How about driving down the freeway!
3. Improved Focus and Concentration
Online brain games help you increase your focus and concentration because both are required to play the games. The more you focus and concentrate, the better you do.
4. Reduce Brain Age
Did you know that the human brain starts slowing down as early as age 30? The good news is that you can speed it up, and improve even your most basic cognitive abilities at any age.
An article I came across from the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests that with appropriate training and practice, adults over age 65 can significantly improve their memory, concentration, and problem solving. The results show that 87 percent of the participants in speed training showed increases in cognitive ability, as did 74 percent of participants in reasoning training, and 26 percent of those in memory training. The training effects continued through 24 months, especially for the participants who received additional training.
Salk scientists have demonstrated that newly born brain cells are functional in adult brains. They show that adult humans, even among the elderly, can generate new brain cells throughout life. The number of these new brain cells could be influenced by activity and other environmental stimuli.
5. Increase Processing Speed
Playing online brain games helps you think and process information faster. Since the games adapt to your increasing abilities, you actually get faster and faster at processing information.
6. Have Fun
Online brain games are extremely fun to play. In fact, they’re almost addicting. This is a good thing, because the more you play, the more benefits you derive from playing.
