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Does anyone know anything about FitBrain App or Website? (Working out your Brain?)

DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
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I just bought the $10 subscription for one-year and I hope to improve my brain function a little bit. I've read a few science studies about these games. It seems somewhat promising, I suppose I just have to give it a go and see what happens. Do any of you have experience with these apps? FitBrain or Lumosity? And if so, what have been your results?

http://www.fitbrains.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_fitness
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fit-brains-trainer/id565200595?mt=8

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  • anandoanando Explorer
    Hello,
    yes there are two good things for your brain: Yoga Asanas and the buddhist meditation of the 8fold Path.

    anando
  • karastikarasti Breathing Minnesota Moderator
    I've used lumosity but only the free version. It was ok, but I found it a bit stressful, lol. It reminded me too much of school assignments. You can improve your brain function a lot by doing crosswords, logic puzzles and other sorts of things, as well. Basically anything that is puzzle oriented will work your brain including jigsaw puzzles. I have a Nintendo DS and I enjoy playing the Professor Layton games and another one called Rooms. Quell is a good game app that is really cheap (or free if you don't mind ads I think) that is a brain teaser.
    DaltheJigsaw
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    anando said:

    Hello,
    yes there are two good things for your brain: Yoga Asanas and the buddhist meditation of the 8fold Path.

    anando

    Thank you! Is this from experience or stuff you have heard? @anando?
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    anando said:

    Hello,
    yes there are two good things for your brain: Yoga Asanas and the buddhist meditation of the 8fold Path.

    anando

    Any links/recommendations of a great break down of Yoga Asanas and Buddhist Meditation of 8 Fold Path? Buddhistnet.net?
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    karasti said:

    I've used lumosity but only the free version. It was ok, but I found it a bit stressful, lol. It reminded me too much of school assignments. You can improve your brain function a lot by doing crosswords, logic puzzles and other sorts of things, as well. Basically anything that is puzzle oriented will work your brain including jigsaw puzzles. I have a Nintendo DS and I enjoy playing the Professor Layton games and another one called Rooms. Quell is a good game app that is really cheap (or free if you don't mind ads I think) that is a brain teaser.

    Thank you! What about Chess?
  • karastikarasti Breathing Minnesota Moderator
    I think chess would count as well. Anything that requires thinking ahead in that way is good for the brain, I think!
  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    karasti said:

    I think chess would count as well. Anything that requires thinking ahead in that way is good for the brain, I think!

    Yeah, my same thoughts! Thank you! I'm checking that #quell game, will let you know soon!
  • anatamananataman Who needs a title? Where am I? Veteran
    You can look at your brain as a mental muscle, and if you do you can work it out! LOL

    NB is particularly good at doing that, understanding intention and motivation of the post, carefully sidestepping a comment or realising there is a Troll out there to provoke you; yet you can still come to understand the depth of the meaning of the posters post, if you work through the respondents posts and your own. This is a mental workout.

    I like sudoku, chess, angry birds go, my kids math homework, bringing my mind home...

    Not sure I would pay £10 for it though...

    Hey thats something to consider - who is paying to host this site? LOL

  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    anataman said:

    You can look at your brain as a mental muscle, and if you do you can work it out! LOL

    NB is particularly good at doing that, understanding intention and motivation of the post, carefully sidestepping a comment or realising there is a Troll out there to provoke you; yet you can still come to understand the depth of the meaning of the posters post, if you work through the respondents posts and your own. This is a mental workout.

    I like sudoku, chess, angry birds go, my kids math homework, bringing my mind home...

    Not sure I would pay £10 for it though...

    Hey thats something to consider - who is paying to host this site? LOL

    Well, it's $10 a year, so in reality it's like 83 cents a month? It's basically putting 5 different brain work-outs into one game, it saves time, money and energy to having to search elsewhere for other means of getting the same workout. I heard recently that exercising alone could be very beneficial. I might increase the amount of exercises and perhaps do more Yoga to help me out with that.
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