Posted by There is a plethora of online games out there that promise to make you more intelligent if you signup with them and follow a disciplined brain-training regime. Out of these Lumosity stands out with its 14 million (and counting) user base. Lumosity is a product of Lumos Labs, a neuroscience research and development company that has a dedicated team of neuroscientists working everyday to evolve more and more levels of the game. Currently there are about 35 different types of games in Lumosity that focus on separate areas of mental development.
The game starts with a basic free version that assigns you a daily brain workout by letting you play 3 games each day. Each of the games appear on their own, and they intend to improve your mental abilities in the areas of: speed, memory, attention, problem solving and flexibility. For example, Speedmatch develops your brain to think faster by presenting you with one symbol after another and asking you to accurately identify whether they match.
When you signup for their paid membership, which is worth the fee they charge, you gain access to the training exercises that are rolled up into courses ranging from core training exercises to exercises for students and even those with mental conditions like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or traumatic brain injury. Each of these work to train specific areas of your brain, like verbal ability, math and reasoning, visual perception, and so on.
The reason why Lumosity stands apart from the rest of its brain-training counterparts is because the games have been presented and designed to make them visually appealing as well. Moreover, it assigns you a Brain Performance Index (BPI) that lets see you see your overall performance as well as performance in each of the aforementioned areas. The icing on the cake is that you can compare your mental capabilities with others of your age, something that is sure to motivate you to keep playing and improving your scores. For example, you could know that you are in the top 31% of the population for “concentration”.
Lumosity can be made a part of workplace training wherein employees spend 20-30 minutes each day just to stretch their overall mental capabilities. Though research is still on whether such games actually boost brain power or improved performance is a result of familiarity with the game (as a result of playing repetitively), there is considerable amount of general agreement that it does help a person to concentrate and focus better.
Why not try Lumosity and see how it works for you?
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