Lumosity works on a simple premise – all you have to do is play a few short games every day to exercise your cognitive faculties and you will be able to see the benefits in everyday life. This popular free app was available only for iOS but has now made a foray into the Android world. It is a way of polishing your memory, attention, and information processing skills.
This app has a team of neuroscientists that have developed the programme that is based on the theory of neuroplasticity – the idea that your brain changes over time. These scientists have conducted studies that have gone ahead to show that the app works as is promised. But other research in the field have generated mixed results. So, there is no definitive proof that it actually works.
The app is designed well and gives people an easy way of exercising their brain for a few minutes every day. But, the programme falls flat without a paid subscription .It is a free service that you can play on your company desktop, and its Android and iOS apps. You will need to register to use the app. You can do this by using your Facebook account or with your email address.
When you fire up the app for the first time, it asks you to take a survey that wants to know the skills you want to improve over time. The games the app gives you depend on your answers. You can then start playing the games and Lumosity will keep a track of your performance and progress in the skill areas you mentioned.
While it is not obvious in the app, you can go to Lumosity’s website and take a brain test to get some extra insight about the baseline of your mental abilities that the programme exercises.
