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corporate brain training

Posted on January 22, 2008 | Filed Under Sharpen Your Mind

Not surprisingly, brain games are poised to enter the corporate world. More and more businesses are realizing the value of providing brain training exercises to their employees to increase productivity and boost morale (fun & effective, what a great combination).

From an article I just read: “Have you caught the brain training bug yet? It’s getting harder not to. There’s been a flurry of media coverage on the importance of keeping the mind active and a slew of brain exercise products on the market. Not to mention the increasing numbers of pages given over to teasers and puzzles in newspapers and magazines designed to test readers’ brain power.”

You can read the full article here: Brain training bug

a new brain game for Nintendo DS

Posted on November 2, 2007 | Filed Under Uncategorized

More brain games making their way into the main gaming market:

http://news.filefront.com/majesco-gives-gamers-mega-brain-boost/

cognitive fitness and mind gym

Posted on October 16, 2007 | Filed Under Uncategorized

Here’s an article from Boing-Boing about the emerging trend. More interesting even than the article are the comments left by users - it’s interesting to read everyone’s take on the issue, from people who are very enthusiastic to those who are incredulous about the idea of brain fitness…

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/15/mind-gyms-for-cognit.html

Word Tease - Puzzle #6

Posted on October 12, 2007 | Filed Under Word Puzzles

SHEPAINT

DROPEERAMA

CLANDISTOREN

PEERFLUSECTIVE

answers in comments

brain games can improve spatial ability

Posted on October 12, 2007 | Filed Under Sharpen Your Mind

A recent study released suggests that playing the right sort of mind games can have a noticeable impact on spatial ability - in as few as 10 hours of play. Even better, this improvement lasted for at least 5 months after the initial game session. Apparently, this improvement was particularly striking when it comes to female gamers.

http://scienceblogs.com/cognitivedaily/2007/10/video_games_may_reduce_gender.php

Some mental insurance…

Posted on October 11, 2007 | Filed Under Uncategorized

I came across this article from some news station about an insurance company that now recommends brain exercise for all its policy holders, and offers a program they can use. I realize that mental fitness is a rapidly growing “industry”, and as such it is popping up all over the place, but I had not foreseen this. It makes sense though, certainly is more economical for the insurance companies to provide some mental stimulation then pay for all the doctors, drugs and procedures associated with Alzheimers and dementia.

http://wfmz.com/view/?id=161254

Mind Breakers - Brain teasers and optical illusions

Posted on October 11, 2007 | Filed Under Play With Your Mind

I came across a nice website today with a bunch of categorized illusions, puzzles, riddles and other brain teasers:

http://www.mindbreakers.com/

Word Tease - Puzzle #5

Posted on October 11, 2007 | Filed Under Word Puzzles

Here’s a new word tease puzzle. Refer to first post in this category for instructions on how to play this game.

CLOGREAP

LEADLEVENT

BLORETOUSLED

SOREMLOVERSENT

answers below in comments

Nintendo Brain Games

Posted on May 30, 2007 | Filed Under Game News

The folks at Nintendo sure seem to agree with my inkling that there could be a big market for brain games. Since their first two efforts, Brain Age & Big Brain Academy, met with considerable success, they will soon be publishing two new brain-themed games, one for their new Wii and one for their handheld device. It’s good to know that millions of people bought and enjoyed these games!

BrainBall Season 14

Posted on May 30, 2007 | Filed Under playwithyourmind.com News

A new BrainBall season is ready, check it out here: play brainball

BrainBall is a daily brain-game competition. Login each day to challenge your mind in games of logic, perception, memory, focus, numerical skill and more. Check out your stats to see how you fair against other people.

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