Free (Or Nearly Free) Ways To Boost Brain Power
November 10, 2008 by Alicia Sparks, Mental Health Notes
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Last week I posted my review of Lumosity (you know, the set of games that are supposed to train your brain), and not long after that I bumped into 12 Simple Ways to Supercharge Your Brain.
One of the suggestions is – you guessed it – mind exercises. However, rather than listing programs like Lumosity, the author suggests games like Scrabble and crossword puzzles, as well as activities like learning new languages and interacting with others.
Free activities, and games you probably have lying around the house. (I know I’m not the only nerd with some random edition of Scrabble in a closet. Hmm…on that note, I wonder if Monopoly counts…no, that probably falls under stress inducing.)
Common sense tells me the more you use your brain, the sharper it becomes.
Also included in the top 12 are foods to improve memory and help control anger, activities to reduce stress, and suggestions for getting better sleep. (Not a mind-blowing source of information – on the other hand, I didn’t know the bit about bleached foods contributing to bad nerves – but definitely a refresher.)
Alicia,
Lumosity is a pay service, but there are also plenty of free brain games on the web. I’ve collected a bunch of them on the Brain Games page of my memory improvement website: http://www.memory-improvement-tips.com/brain-games.html . That page has about 75 free games on it. So even if someone can’t afford Lumosity or another service, they can still get a brain workout online for free anytime they want.
Regards,
Doug
@ Doug – I know. I was just referring to the review I’d posted of Lumosity. You know, sort of as a lead in to this post about other ways to sharpen the ol’ brain.
Thanks for the link, I hope everyone checks it out!