By Lumos Labs Science Associate Paul Li, MS Neuroscience.
Males are bigger consumers than females when it comes to mainstream video games. A possible reason males enjoy playing (and end up addicted to) video games might be attributed to how the male brain is wired when compared to the female brain, particularly in the reward and […]
Announcing the T-Shirt Design Contest finalists! Congratulations to the 6 designers who made the finals with their impressive shirts. From the submissions received, we selected the best designs so that you (our readers) can vote to pick the winner.
Thanks to everyone who submitted a shirt design. We needed to narrow down the finalists to just […]
Ayumu, a 7-year old chimp living in a lab at Kyoto University, was in the news the last month for his remarkable cognitive performance. In a test of working memory, Ayumu and 5 other chimpanzees were able to outclass college students. Watch him go at it here.
Have you got what it takes to outsmart […]
FreeRice has an addictive little vocabulary test that cleverly aligns your interest in charity and entertaining diversion. The hook is that for each word you get right, they donate 10 grains of rice through United Nations to people without enough to eat.
For those curious whether this is a meaningful amount of rice (I was), I […]
Firefly Foundation, a brain health organization whose mission is “to create a culture of sustainable brains and help you stay bright,” is teaming up with Lumos Labs (that’s us) to bring you the “Brain Games” on October 24th. Those who participate in this online charity event will be competing on our LumosIQ test of memory, […]
Playing video games is not just for fun anymore. Video gaming competitions are emerging as a way for top gamers to make a living, some taking home 6-figure salaries by playing games like WarCraft.
Last weekend, Seattle hosted the World Cyber Games, an international competition where the world’s best players compete for gaming glory and cash […]
Because there are so many recommended ways to improve your health, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. One reaction - especially when confronted with broccoli or a treadmill - is to simply be delinquent about it, choosing the television over hard work.
A practical approach is to focus on the things you would like to do anyways. […]
By contributing author Paul Li, a neuroscience graduate student at Columbia.
When I was a kid, I was constantly scolded by my mother for spending countless hours on my 1989 Nintendo Entertainment System. She thought reading or playing outside would be more beneficial for me than Duck Hunt or Super Mario Brothers. My mother could have […]
Michael Posner, a famous cognitive psychologist, describes how attention training can affect the brain of a young child (4-6 years) in this video. They found that after five sessions of attention training, the “brain waves” (from the video, these appear to be event-related potentials) measured by EEG more closely resembled those of an adult, which […]