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Brain Age

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Brain Age

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For the Nintendo DS, Brain Age includes a variety of cognitive-based mini-games designed to entertain and challenge players. Players can draw pictures, read books out loud, and solve puzzles, and play popular games like Sudoku.

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Birdwatching

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Birdwatching

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This game is designed to improve players’ attention and sharpen their ability to process visual information. While it starts out easy, the game gets progressively more challenging as players improve.

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Tranquility

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Tranquility

This relaxation game that employs calming music and vibrantly-colored geometric shapes that move in synchrony. Using a computer mouse, players gently move the cursor in a way that flows gracefully with the other shapes and sounds. While immersed in this game, players may experience feelings of relaxation, contentment, and even euphoria.

SmartBrain Technologies

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SmartBrain Technologies

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Intended to allow players to exercise their brains while playing a regular video game, SmartBrain Technologies is a neurofeedback system that attaches to a console. Players of this system will experience personalized training to improve their memory, attention, and learning.

Lumosity Brain Games

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Lumosity Brain Games

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This collection of web-based brain training exercises and activities is designed to improve multiple areas of cognition. Players can choose from a variety of games that focus on concentration, memory, attention, and more.

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Crush

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Crush

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"Sometimes it feels like the pressure to have sex is everywhere and it is closing in fast. You've been able to beat it, but you have some friends that could use your help. Take the controls and help them avoid being crushed by the pressure."

Uncovering the Mysteries of Bone Marrow: Aspiration and Biopsy

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Uncovering the Mysteries of Bone Marrow: Aspiration and Biopsy

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Uncovering the Mysteries of Bone Marrow is a free, online interactive game about bone marrow and common treatments for leukemia such as biopsies, transplants, and aspirations. This game was designed for children with leukemia to inform and prepare them to undergo those procedures.

Super Munchers: The Challenge Continues...

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Super Munchers: The Challenge Continues...

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In Super Munchers: The Challenge Continues…, players take control of a muncher and move around consuming words that fall under a category. The game presents specific clues that test players’ vocabulary skills. This game was released in 1991.