February 4, 2010 – 5:39 pm
Lumosity users and research collaborators often ask us for more information on the science that goes into the games and training applications on the site. To help make this info more accessible, we have just published The Science Behind Lumosity.
This document describes the background brain science, the principles upon which the brain games and courses were [...]
January 18, 2010 – 10:48 am
Have you ever wanted to take the Lumosity experience with you everywhere you go? Now you can play your favorite Lumosity games and access your favorite parts of the program even when you are away from your computer. With Lumosity Brain Trainer, our 2 million members can now train their brain using their iPhone and iPod touch. For [...]
January 4, 2010 – 12:52 pm
Training with cognitive exercises can improve targeted mental functions, conclude the authors of a review article published recently in the journal Alzheimer’s and Dementia. The authors (Kathryn Papp and Stephen Walsh from the University of Connecticut and Peter Snyder from Brown University) reviewed ten randomized controlled trials involving cognitive training interventions in healthy adults published [...]
December 23, 2009 – 4:57 pm
Gift lists, driving directions, the order of ingredients for Grandma’s spiced eggnog: the holidays can really test your memory! Why not spruce up your memory and help us put the finishing touches on two of our newest games at the same time?
Play Face Workout and Rhyme Workout, and then let us know what you think [...]
December 1, 2009 – 6:18 pm
Ready to give your arithmetic and quantitative reasoning skills a workout? Think you’ve mastered Addition Storm and Subtraction Storm? Make sure you’ve got an umbrella handy, and get ready for our two new Math Storm games.
For a limited time, Division Storm and Multiplication Storm are free to play for all members. What are you waiting [...]
November 3, 2009 – 6:28 pm
You’ve been playing our new Lumosity games, and we’ve been working behind the scenes to collect data and generate BPI (Brain Performance Index) scales for them. Now we’re gearing up to integrate some of our more recent games into the BPI system on our site.
So what does all this mean for you?
As you play some [...]
November 3, 2009 – 11:52 am
Can you actually become more intelligent? For years, neuroscientists thought that this basically didn’t happen. According to this view, you can take in more information and learn new things, but you can’t really become “more intelligent.” Recent research conducted by scientists at the University of Michigan shows that this old view [...]
October 19, 2009 – 7:29 pm
It’s raining cupcakes! But don’t worry, we brought enough to share. In Subtraction Storm, you’ll train arithmetic by solving subtraction equations and keeping the cupcakes from hitting the ground.
Give it a try and send some feedback our way; it’s free to all members for a limited time only!