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Does anyone have experience with Lumosity?

Asked by Esedess (3467points) March 25th, 2015

Pretty self explanatory. I’m just curious if anyone here uses Lumosity, and if you notice any difference in your brain function as a result.

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gailcalled's avatar

What precisely are you talking about. Not self-evident to me.

hominid's avatar

Here is a relevant scientific take on these types of things.

janbb's avatar

Lumosity is a brain training online program. I haven’t tried it though.

Esedess's avatar

@galicalled
Lumosity is a website full of games designed to build new/improve neuro pathways. Basically improve memory/speed/attention/problem solving/etc…

syz's avatar

Pretty sure that’s been thoroughly debunked. edit: Oops, just saw hominid’s link.

linguaphile's avatar

I downloaded an app for brain training on my phone, but didn’t pay the $199/yr fee. I only used the free version. It was a good diversion, and @hominid‘s article is correct, I became better at the activities the more often I played. Did it help my brain… no. I got bored and deleted the app.

What I have seen benefit from is playing Sudoku. A traumatic brain injury affect my logic processing and sequence speed, so Sudoku has helped that area a bit.

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