Brain Health Blog

Monthly Archives: September 2008

myBrain Application Launches on Facebook

Lumosity just launched the myBrain games on Facebook, bringing you more ways to train your brain and get social with friends.
Install myBrain to:

Get a brain profile
Improve your brain health
Challenge friends
See how you stack up

Install the app by following this link: myBrain

(This link will take you to the Lumosity application on Facebook. You will need a [...]

Brain Game: By the Rules

This new exercise will work your mental flexibility, logical problem solving, and working memory abilities. We’re still putting the final touches on it, so send us your feedback so we can keep making it better.
You can find By the Rules here: http://games.lumosity.com/by_the_rules.html

What is Cognition?

By Gregory Kellett, a cognitive neuroscience researcher at SFSU and UCSF, and science writer for Lumos Labs.
What exactly is cognition and how does it work? Here we will attempt to outline and explain some of the basic concepts involved with the inner workings of your head.

Cognition literally means “to know”.  Knowledge can be thought of [...]

Older People Learning Newer Tricks

By Gregory Kellett, a cognitive neuroscience researcher at SFSU and UCSF, and science writer for Lumos Labs.
Recent research coming out of Hamburg, Germany and published in the Journal of Neuroscience demonstrates that older brains still have the flexibility to literally grow. Researcher Janina Boyke and crew, split 50 people with an average age of 60 [...]