Mind Games

MindGamesisagreatcollectionofgamesbasedinpartonprinciplesderivedfromcognitivetaskstohelpyoupracticedifferentmentalskills.Thisisthefree,ad-supported,versionofthehitbraintrainingapp.MindGamesincludesnearly3dozenofMindware’sbraintraininggames(someofwhichallowyoutoplay3timesandrequireupgradingtoplaymore).Allgamesincludeyourscorehistoryandgraphofyourprogress.Thegameslistshowsasummaryofyourbestgamesandtoday’sscoresonallgames.Usingsomeprinciplesfromstandardizedtesting,yourscoresarealsoconvertedtoacomparisonscalesothatyoucanseewhereyouneedworkandexcel.Youmightalsobeabletonoticetheeffectsofvariouslifestylefactorsonyourperformancethroughthescorehistory.

MindGamesisalsonowavailableoniPhone/iPadandWindows.

Languagesavailable:English,Portuguese,Spanish,French,German,Arabic,Russian,Japanese.

DescriptionofGamesandTheorizedAbilities(notallgamesavailableinalllanguages):

Abstraction-Exerciseyourabilitytoquicklydifferentiatebetweenwordswithaconcretevs.abstractmeaning.

AttentionTrainingGame-Exerciseyourattention.Basedontheflankerattentiontask.Practiceyourabilitytoignorecompetinginformationandprocessingspeed.

Anticipation-Practiceyourabilitytoanticipateandrespondrapidly.

DividedAttentionI-Practiceyourabilitytodivideyourattentionandrespondrapidly.

FaceMemory-Memorizeagroupoffacesandthenseeifyoucanrecallthem.

MathStar-Practiceyourbasicarithmeticskills,speed,andattentiontodetail.

MemoryRacer-Practiceforyourbrain'sworkingmemoryandprocessingspeed.

MemoryFlow-Practiceyourvisualandverbalmemoryfortheflowofevents.

MemoryMatch-Practiceyourmemoryforcompletedtasks.

MentalCategories-Practiceyourprocessingspeedandquickcategorizationskills.

MentalFlex-Practiceyourcognitiveflexibilityandabilitytoignorecompetinginformation.

PathMemory-Practiceyourabilitytomemorizeandreproducepaths.

Self-OrderedLearningforObjects-Memorizeasequenceofobjectsusingasequenceyoudetermine.

SimilaritiesScramble-Exerciseyourknowledgeofwordrelationships.

SpatialMemory-Memorizethelocationsofthetilesthatflipoverwithincreasingnumbersoftiles.

SpeedTrivia-Exerciseyourknowledgeofgeneraltriviaandinformation.

VerbalConcepts-Exerciseyourabilitytoquicklyidentifyconceptualcategories.

VocabularyStar-Exerciseyourvocabularyandspellingskills.

VocabularyPower-Anun-timedmultiplechoicevocabularytask.

WordMemory-Memorize30wordsandseeifyoucanrememberthem.

MindGamesisintendedtobebrainchallengingentertainment.Noresearchhasyetbeenconductedtodetermineifthisapphascognitivebenefits.