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Players see a picture of an intact human brain and then it gets scrambled. To win, players must put the parts of the brain back together correctly.
This brain-training puzzle game offers fifteen mini-games sorted into five categories: identify, memorize, analyze, compute, and visualize. Multi-player, competitive, and cooperative play modes are available.
This game is designed to improve players’ attention and sharpen their ability to process visual information. While it starts out easy, the game gets progressively more challenging as players improve.
For the Nintendo DS, Brain Age includes a variety of cognitive-based mini-games designed to entertain and challenge players. Players can draw pictures, read books out loud, and solve puzzles, and play popular games like Sudoku.
Designed for mobile platforms, Brain Challenge is intended to be an entertaining yet challenging game that helps players increase the percentage of their brains used.
Brain Spa is an interactive PC game made up of an assortment of challenges designed to build up the mind.
BrainBashers is a free, online collection of riddles, brain-teasers, puzzles, and games designed to challenge players’ mental capabilities.
Brain Rules Games is a set of free, online mini-games that can educate players about the human brain. Each mini-game addresses a component of the brain such as neurons, neuronal growth, brain development, and anatomy.
CogniFit Personal Coach is intended to improve players’ cognitive skills and increase brain activity.
Players of this game can engage in intense cognitive exercises designed to prevent or slow the onset of dementia. Dakim Brain Fitness intends to be user friendly and an enjoyable way to exercise players’ brains and fight dementia.
Every Body Has a Brain is a video game, 16 brain songs and website for 4-6 year olds funded by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health’s Small Business Innovation Research Program.
"In Brain Train, children learn to appreciate how special and unique the brain is. You’re shown a sequence of pairs of items. One item in each pair has a brain and one does not.
Fit Brains: Brain Games are a set of games intended to maximize and improve brain skill. This free, online game addresses five cognitive areas of the brain and sessions can be individualized using personalization tools.
This set of free, online games designed to exercise adults’ brains and minds. Players can choose from a variety of games that, with practice, may help improve memory and cognition.
Games for the Brain is a set of free, online interactive brain training games designed to improve memory and other areas of cognition. The dozens of games include a variety of different puzzles and activities.
This web-based collection of brain training games and exercises was developed to improve and strengthen players’ concentration and ability to focus and give attention.
This web-based collection of games and exercises was developed to challenge and sharpen players’ cognitive processes.
Happy Neuron Visual-Spatial Games were developed to help improve players’ visual and spatial skills. These games may teach players to be more aware of their surroundings.
This collection of web-based brain training exercises and activities is designed to improve multiple areas of cognition. Players can choose from a variety of games that focus on concentration, memory, attention, and more.
The Puzzability Sampler is a free, downloadable collection of puzzles, activities, and exercises designed to stimulate the mind and increase cognitive capability. Players can choose from dozens of games the whole family can enjoy.
In a side-scrolling Nintendo console adventure game, players guide experimental surgeon Rex Ronan as he shrinks to near-microscopic size, enters the body of his patient who is dying from tobacco-
Sheppard Software is a collection of free, online educational games, puzzles, and activities designed to teach young minds about health and improve understanding in various school related subjects.
"A collaborative effort between Social Skill Builder and Michelle Garcia Winner & Pamela Crooke of Social Thinking.
SparkTop.org is a web site that offers free educational games, puzzles, activities, and exercises for children that learn differently or at a slower pace.
Speed Brain is a brain-training game designed to help players improve their reaction time and processing speed.
"Spinal Tap: Discovering the Secrets of Spinal Fluid is an interactive online game which was developed as a tool for children and teens ages 10 to 14 to actively explore information about the spina
“Lives are in your hands as you take on the role of a top surgeon at a busy city hospital.
"Symptom Scenes is an arcade game featuring a cast of cute characters suffering from Meningitis or Septicaemia. It's a race against time to recognize the symptoms and save as many as you can!
The Kidz Page is an educational web site for young children with dozens of fun games, activities, and puzzles designed to keep the mind sharp.
"In this game you perform the classic split brain experiment used by Nobel Laureate Roger Sperry when he discovered differences between the right and left hemispheres of the brain."
Thinks.com is a web site that includes free educational games, puzzles, quizzes and even brain teasers.
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Theradrive: A new stroke therapy concept for home-based, computer-assisted motivating rehabilitation
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Brain Health Blog concerns “information on the science that goes into the [brain training] games and training applications developed by Luminosity.
Humana Games for Health develops health-related games and offers recent news, research, and links to play games that provide physical and mental workouts.
"Free online games with high score boards. Compete with your friends or the world."
"CyberLearning Technology is the sole licensee of unique technology developed, proven and patented by NASA and originally used for pilot training."
Kevin Stone is the developer of " BrainBashers™, a massive and exciting collection of brain teasers, puzzles, riddles, games and optical illusions.
"Lumos Labs is a cognitive neuroscience research and development company that builds software tools for improving brain health and performance.
"Minds Refined is a research and development company that creates computer games specifically designed to enhance cognitive abilities."
"Morphonix™ is developing a series of video games which make abstract concepts of brain science fun and comprehensible to children and teens.
"Nourish Interactive is your free one stop resource for fun nutrition games for kids, interactive nutrition tools and tips for parents and health educators to use to promote healthy living for the whole family."
"Playnormous is an online community for children ages 6 to 15, their parents, and teachers to play fun casual games for health."
A maker of brain games, "Posit Science strives to help people flourish throughout their lives. We do this by providing effective, non-invasive tools that engage the brain's natural plasticity to improve brain health."
"Prongo.com is an educational website for Kids. Prongo.com provides hours of learning fun for kids and resources teachers need to have a fun and productive classroom."
"Our mission is to use scientific knowledge to help adults boost and maintain their brain functions. Our goal is to provide your loved-ones or your residents with fun and stimulating brain exercises."
"Vivity Labs, Inc is a digital media lifestyle company with a strong foundation of neuroscience.
"WhiteBear Studios is a game development company which is specialized in developing easy playable games for everyone.




































































































