Brainturk Peak Brain Training to Elevate focus app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Kiran Kumar
First release : 04 Jan 2014
App size: 73.68 Mb
Brainturk Brain Trainer offers more than forty games as well as mindful meditation audio to help sharpen your attention span,
increase short & long term cognitive memory , Improve language skills and tools to address psychological barriers that restrict brain
performance.
Brainturk has been recommended by TheDailybeast as a way to be productive in five minutes http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/08/12-ways-to-be-more-productive-in-5-minutes.html
Widely used by psychological and neuropsychological researchers and clinics, these games
aid to measure and improve memory skills for everyday personal and business growth. Brainturk’s
games let you strengthen these muscles in a fun and engaging platform while speeding your memory
focus and stimulating your brain.
Games included are : Complex Working Memory, Dual N Back, Stroop task , Flanker task, Corsi block , Tower of London, Revised space fortress, word games , math games and many more
Benefits
Improve short term memory and fluid intelligence
Improve language skills
Sharpen visual-spatial memory
Develop attentional vitality and flexibility
Speed information processing
Hone mathematical skills
Brainturk.com has 40 games and we plan to make most of these games available on the app. We will also introduce a way to save the scores and track your progress over time .
Turning Neuroscience breakthroughs into Fun, Effective games
Stimulate your brain to keep up with the changing environment.
The human brain has the ability to adapt and change, even into old age. This ability is known as neuroplasticity. With the right stimulation, your brain can form new neural pathways, alter existing connections, and adapt and react in ever-changing ways
Strengthen your brain to get better at anything you want! You can learn more effectively, whatever you want or need to learn. It focuses on improving the basic skills of thinking
Research and Articles:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/magazine/can-you-make-yourself-smarter.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all&
http://link.springer.com/article/10.3758%2FPBR.17.2.193 (Complex working memory game based on this paper)
http://psychology.umd.edu/resources/documents/braintrain.pdf
http://link.springer.com/article/10.3758%2FPBR.17.2.193