MindGamesisagreatcollectionofgamesbasedinpartonprinciplesderivedfromcognitivetaskstohelpyoupracticedifferentmentalskills.Thisisthefree,ad-supported,versionofthehitbraintrainingapp.MindGamesincludesnearly3dozenofMindware’sbraintraininggames(someofwhichallowyoutoplay3timesandrequireupgradingtoplaymore).Allgamesincludeyourscorehistoryandgraphofyourprogress.Thegameslistshowsasummaryofyourbestgamesandtoday’sscoresonallgames.Usingsomeprinciplesfromstandardizedtesting,yourscoresarealsoconvertedtoacomparisonscalesothatyoucanseewhereyouneedworkandexcel.Youmightalsobeabletonoticetheeffectsofvariouslifestylefactorsonyourperformancethroughthescorehistory.
MindGamesisalsonowavailableoniPhone/iPadandWindows.
Languagesavailable:English,Portuguese,Spanish,French,German,Arabic,Russian,Japanese.
DescriptionofGamesandTheorizedAbilities(notallgamesavailableinalllanguages):
Abstraction-Exerciseyourabilitytoquicklydifferentiatebetweenwordswithaconcretevs.abstractmeaning.
AttentionTrainingGame-Exerciseyourattention.Basedontheflankerattentiontask.Practiceyourabilitytoignorecompetinginformationandprocessingspeed.
Anticipation-Practiceyourabilitytoanticipateandrespondrapidly.
DividedAttentionI-Practiceyourabilitytodivideyourattentionandrespondrapidly.
FaceMemory-Memorizeagroupoffacesandthenseeifyoucanrecallthem.
MathStar-Practiceyourbasicarithmeticskills,speed,andattentiontodetail.
MemoryRacer-Practiceforyourbrain'sworkingmemoryandprocessingspeed.
MemoryFlow-Practiceyourvisualandverbalmemoryfortheflowofevents.
MemoryMatch-Practiceyourmemoryforcompletedtasks.
MentalCategories-Practiceyourprocessingspeedandquickcategorizationskills.
MentalFlex-Practiceyourcognitiveflexibilityandabilitytoignorecompetinginformation.
PathMemory-Practiceyourabilitytomemorizeandreproducepaths.
Self-OrderedLearningforObjects-Memorizeasequenceofobjectsusingasequenceyoudetermine.
SimilaritiesScramble-Exerciseyourknowledgeofwordrelationships.
SpatialMemory-Memorizethelocationsofthetilesthatflipoverwithincreasingnumbersoftiles.
SpeedTrivia-Exerciseyourknowledgeofgeneraltriviaandinformation.
VerbalConcepts-Exerciseyourabilitytoquicklyidentifyconceptualcategories.
VocabularyStar-Exerciseyourvocabularyandspellingskills.
VocabularyPower-Anun-timedmultiplechoicevocabularytask.
WordMemory-Memorize30wordsandseeifyoucanrememberthem.
MindGamesisintendedtobebrainchallengingentertainment.Noresearchhasyetbeenconductedtodetermineifthisapphascognitivebenefits.