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Living up to its motto, “You care about CogniFit Brain Fitness
your brain. We do, too,” Lumosity is the
product of intense research conducted by
over 100 researchers worldwide. It was
one of the first apps in the brain-training
sphere, offering cognitive exercises to
enhance memory, attention span, speed, and The CogniFit Brain Fitness app houses
flexibility. over 60 games created by neuroscientists.
It has a clear and navigable user interface It also generates reports on gaming
with subtle colours that give it an performance that you can share with
approachable personality. These design professionals (like your doctor). And if
elements are especially beneficial for seniors you’re a senior who loves a good challenge,
seeking a simple and intuitive experience to you can have friendly competitions with
comfortably switch between various games, your loved ones on the platform while
stats, and functions of the application. The monitoring the live ranking to see how you
app allocates a score after every game, stack up.
and adding all the scores gives you your Navigating the app is an absolute breeze,
Lumosity Performance Index (LPI). thanks to its responsive interface and
There are plenty of engaging games to seamless design. However, some users
choose from, and based on your unique complain of glitching, and the monthly fee
preferences, the app ensures that the game is on the higher end of the price spectrum.
selection is tailored to you. What’s more, CogniFit Brain Fitness uses AI to curate
every game includes tutorials so you can a daily gaming dose for your unique
better understand it before beginning and cognitive status and suggests games to
earning points. Lumosity’s free trial is 14 work your weak points. For example,
days long. After that period, you can either if you excel at speed but struggle with
choose its yearly (Rs.3,700) or monthly memory, you’ll receive more memory-
(Rs.750) plan. based game recommendations.
One brain training game that stands out The most engaging game to boost your
for its attention-grabbing (and sustaining) planning abilities is Candy Line Up. Start
quality is Train of Thought. Its design by choosing your difficulty level and move
is reminiscent of colourful toy trains the candies from one tube to another until
from back in the day. The rules are fairly the tubes are filled with one kind of candy.
straightforward: move each train to its This game stimulates your management
matching station by changing the switches skills and as you level up, the number of
on the track. As you climb the levels, the tubes increases and the candies have caps
challenge intensifies, but that’s where all on them to amp up the difficulty level.
the fun lies! Other must-try games on the app are
Other games to try out on Lumosity Happy Hopper, Marble Race, and Colour
include Splitting Seeds, Assist Ants, Bee. Cognifit launches a new game every
Raindrops, and Continuum. You can month, so be sure to look out for them.
download Lumosity on the App Store and The app is available on the App Store and
Google Play. Google Play.
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