Enrich your environment with “Reversible Destiny Lofts”

Here’s an unorthodox way to challenge your mind: Live in a psychedelic house complete with slanted floors, unpredictable walls, hidden light switches, and other hazards. Artists Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins conceived of the Reversible Destiny Lofts and actually developed 9 of these apartmentsts in a Tokyo suburb.
The purpose, from what I gather, is to keep aging residents on their toes by making everything disorienting and difficult.

My last post described recent research indicating that a stimulating living environment can improve learning and memory. Shusaku and Gins have really embraced this concept, translating the fanciest of enriched rat cages into a human-sized fun-house.

Gaming and language expand to new audience

Kanzi, a 27-year-old bonobo, is considered “the first ape to demonstrate real comprehension of spoken speech,” and he understands more than 500 words. He can make knives and use them to cut thick rope. The fabrication and use of tools is an important characteristic that sets humans apart from most animals.

Kanzi’s talents also include the ability to play video games (watch Kanzi play Pacman.) Now if we can only get him to start using Lumosity, I think he’ll be competing for college admission soon…

Lumos Labs in the news.

The San Diego Union-Tribune did a story about brain exercises which prominently features Lumos Labs.

-Kunal Sarkar

Brain Health Blog

We’re excited to launch our brain health blog. There is more to brain health than brain exercises and games. We’ll discuss the latest research, helpful tips, and interesting trivia about neuroscience, psychology and brain health. If you have any questions related to these topics, please send them in and we’ll do our best to answer them.

In addition to posts from the researchers at Lumos Labs, this blog will feature guest posts from university researchers, advisory board members, doctors and health practitioners.

-Mike Scanlon

Head of Scientific Research, Lumos Labs