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Lumosity Brain Trainer, free on Apple's iOS, is one of the better-known brain-training apps.
Android users might enjoy Brain Trainer Special, free at the Google Play store.
So why not put the Nintendo brain trainer away tonight, and eat your way to intelligence instead?
I first tried exercising my brain years ago on the Web site My Brain Trainer (www.mybraintrainer.com), which bills itself as a "virtual mental gymnasium".
Nintendo's games aren't necessarily more effective, but they are more entertaining; My Brain Trainer is the mental equivalent of weight lifting, dull but good for you, while Nintendo's games are more like Jazzercise, flashy and engaging.
Mind Games, free on Android, is similar to Brain Trainer, but it has a few added niceties, like a schedule feature that you can set to remind you to play.
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Across the English-speaking world, parents flocked to buy flashcards and brain trainers for their tots.
The results suggest that, within a sample of existing brain trainers, openness to experience, need for cognition, and age predicted training discontinuation.
The brain trainers also maintained their improvement over a six-month period, and the researchers speculated this was because they used their training in their daily lives.
People who spend money on "brain trainers" to keep their minds agile may get the same results by simply doing a crossword or surfing the internet, according to research published today.
An offering that really seems serious about the brain training task is Fit Brains Trainer, free on iOS.
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