Comments on: Train your brain : try Lumosity

By: Gene Venable

Gene Venable — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:41:38 +0000

I’m finding Lumosity a lot of fun. However, being a skeptic, I would bet heavily that jogging regularly is better for your mental health than spending the same amount of time playing brain games.

Interestingly, I find that years of playing 1-minute chess and other speeds of chess did not “train” me to do well on Lumosity. In other words, the odds are that the skills you learn on Lumosity DO help you — to play the games on Lumosity. I doubt that they have much effect elsewhere.

By: All Natural Rach

All Natural Rach — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:28:58 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to review this, looks interesting.

I’m paranoid about getting alzheimer’s like so many of the females in my family so I’m always looking for ways to use my brain in the hopes that it will help me keep it in working condition :)

By: meridianni

meridianni — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:17:56 +0000

I found your article while looking for reviews of Lumosity (so far I’ve seen more good ones than bad or lukewarm!) – I’d like to see more clinical data and expert opinions on the web as well, but if you’re really interested in the neurological basis of these games, there’s a decent amount of literature already out there. For relatively light and less technical reading with plenty of clinical and research citations to dig into, I’d recommend “The Brain that Changes Itself”, by Norman Doidge, M.D.

I became interested in neuroscience and Lumosity after two nearly disastrous years in college, when I found out I have Attention Deficit Disorder. Studying engineering with ADD has been a daunting challenge, and having to take medication to get all my work done has indeed made life interesting. Lumosity seems to present another, if not an alternative, approach to improving my concentration, attention span, information processing, etc. I’ve only begun using Lumosity recently, so it may be too early to tell if it’ll produce the results I’m hoping for. But thus far I seem to be seeing improvements, and the reading I’ve done on neuroplasticity has set my hopes high! I’d personally recommend giving Lumosity a try to anyone in a situation similar to mine or even who just wants to sharpen their mind a bit.

By: Dr. Post

Dr. Post — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:30:41 +0000

Very interesting, thanks for pointing out the Lumosity website. I’ll have to give it a try. Thanks for pointing out The Good and The Not AS Good points. I totally agree with your comment on affordability. I’d also like to point out that it would be a very beneficial for people in the Medicare age range. Plus, with fixed income at this age, discounts and specials would be a big help for them as well.

By: Stef

Stef — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:40:57 +0000

I am interested in trying it out as well. Thanks for the post, I had not heard of Lumosity before!

By: YOR Health

YOR Health — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:31:05 +0000

I am very interested in brain training excersises. I have even went as far as to purchase a Nintendo DS to try the various games they have for this type of stuff.

So far i’ve purchased a Sudoku game, and brain age 2. Your article has interested me in trying out Lumosity.