The rise of brain games. Though the brain-training software industry is new, the field is growing. Lumosity, one of the largest such Web-based companies, had 35 million registered users at the ...

A game called Mozak aims to turn Internet users into "tracers" who help neuroscientists ... “Mapping and analyzing neurons will help us understand how their structure relates to brain ...

Video gamers: Size of brain structures predicts success Date: January 21, 2010 Source: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Summary: Researchers can predict your performance on a video game ...

Researchers can predict video game performance based on the size of a specific brain region, called the striatum, a new study says. Here, an image of the MRI scans analyzed in this study.

HOW MIND GAMES BOOST BRAIN HEALTH. A major benefit of playing mind games is the potential to boost memory capacity. Both working memory and long-term potentiation can see significant growth.

Brain waves reveal video game aptitude Date: October 24, 2012 Source: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ... (MRI) to measure the relative sizes of different brain structures.

The Brain Game A team of researchers, including Scott Grafton, provides new insight into what occurs in the brain during the learning process. Julie Cohen. ... “When network scientists look at these ...

Try these easy mind games to improve your brain function Studies show the brain’s volume peaks in your 20s and begins to decline after that, resulting in memory loss and other cognitive struggles.

You are playing such an intense video game and are focused so intently on getting to the next level that you don’t know what is going on around you. You have no sense of time passing. You feel great.