How Healthy Is Your Brain?

I know that I often find myself saying “I can’t remember anything.” And I have several friends who find themselves doing the same. We (my friends and I) are approaching that age where body parts start heading south, it takes more effort to do what once came easily and things start getting fuzzy.

I know “they” (who ever “they” are) say that doing crossword puzzles, Sudoku and other brain teaser puzzles help to keep your mind sharp. Well, I’ve never been good at crossword puzzles so that won’t work for me. I do try to do Sudoku at least once a day and while I love doing brain teasers, I have a hard time finding them easily.

That is until a friend of mine (who is also a faithful follower of this blog) recently turned me on to a website that is supposed to give your brain a workout. The site is Lumosity (http://www.lumosity.com) and they specialize in brain games and brain training.

Here’s a little of their philosophy:
We now know that our mental abilities, such as memory, attention, creativity, and problem solving, can be improved at any age with the right kind of brain exercise. The Lumos Labs mission is to take advantage of these new scientific findings to make effective brain training available in a form that is engaging and accessible.
Some of their users have reported: clearer and quicker thinking; improved memory for names, numbers, directions, etc.; increased alertness and awareness; elevated mood; better concentration at work or while driving. Who couldn’t stand improvement in any of those areas?!!

It’s free to get started and there are lots of activities that you can do without having to pay. I also believe they offer a free trial period to their entire site. After the free trial you can revert to just the free activities or you can become a subscriber (see site for details). It seems that the biggest benefit to the subscription is the on-line tracking, but who needs that? I think just exercising your brain is enough and you’ll notice the improvement as you go.

Just wanted to share some info for those of you who are like me and have cobwebs upstairs. Stop by Lumosity and sweep some of those cobwebs away!

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