From Sudoku to handheld games, people young and old alike have been looking for ways to improve their mental functioning and prevent brain aging.
It's possible that brain training games may help improve your memory, response time, and logic skills, however, according to a study published in 2019, it's not completely clear.
Memory games are a great way to engage your brain and test your ability to recall colors, phrases and objects. Testing your memory with Staying Sharp's memory and matching games are a fun way to spend your time in-between our other brain activities. Staying Sharp memory games play like many of your favorite classic matching and memory games. Free Brain Games. Welcome to Pogo’s collection of free online brain games, including favorites such as Trivial Pursuit, Sudoku, Scrabble, and tons more! Scroll up and down the games list to see all brain games on Pogo.com.
Let's explore websites and games that may keep you sharp and improve your mental fitness.
Sudoku
Sudoku is a highly addictive number placement game that relies on memory. To complete a Sudoku puzzle you have to look ahead and follow trails of consequences—if you put a 6 in this box, that one must be an 8 and this one a 4, etc. This 'planning' helps improve short-term memory and concentration.
Like crosswords, Sudoku is a popular brain game you can play online or on paper. Books are available at many stores and a number of websites offer free Sudoku games, you can even find apps for your phone or tablet.
Also like crosswords, Sudoku is available at varying degrees of difficulty. When you're starting out, play the easy games until you learn the rules. And, if you're playing on paper, use a pencil. You will likely do a lot of erasing.
Lumosity
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Lumosity is one of the most developed brain training and mental fitness websites around. You can sign-up for a free account—offers three games per day—or choose the subscription service. Either way, you can keep track of your results and improvement.
With Lumosity, you'll find yourself challenging your brain and getting better at your scores along the way. Most important, these are fun brain training and mental fitness games, tests, and activities backed by science.
Not only can you use the website, apps are available for iOS and Android, so you can train on the go.
Happy Neuron
Happy Neuron is a website with games and activities divided into five critical brain areas: memory, attention, language, executive functions and visual/spatial. Like Lumosity, it personalizes the training to fit you, tracks your progress, and the games are based on scientific research.
Using the website does come with a monthly subscription fee. However, Happy Neuron also offers a free trial offer so you can see if you like the approach.
My Brain Trainer
My Brain Trainer claims to be an online 'brain gym.' It is similar in format to Lumosity and Happy Neuron, though a three-month subscription costs the same as a month on the other services. The annual subscription is an even better deal. It's definitely worth checking out if you're on a tighter budget. You can try a challenge for free as well.
This website is full of games, puzzles, and other challenges designed to improve your mental fitness. The website recommends 10 minutes of brain training twice a day for the best effects. It also has a basic training program which claims to improve your mental speed.
Crosswords
Crosswords are a classic brain trainer, accessing not only verbal language but your memory from many dimensions of knowledge. Best of all, there are many ways you can do a crossword, both online and off.
A classic way to do crosswords is to pick up a newspaper or buy a book of crossword puzzles. The books are nice because they're always with you and you can buy one specifically suited to your skill level and interests. Remember, though, crosswords can be tough
You will also find an endless list of free crossword puzzles online. Many newspaper websites offer them and crosswords are popular on many free game websites. The AARP website also offers a free daily crossword and you don't have to be a member, just remember to visit the site once a day for maximum benefit.
Braingle
Claiming to have the world's largest collection of brain teasers, this free website provides more than 10,000 puzzles, games, and other brain teasers as well as an online community of enthusiasts. You can even create your own puzzles to give your brain a super workout.
Queendom
Queendom is a completely addictive and free website that has thousands of personality tests and surveys. Queendom also has an extensive collection of 'brain tools'—including mind-stretchers, trivia quizzes, and aptitude tests—for you to exercise and test your brain.
Brain Age Concentration Training
Brain Age Concentration Training is a brain training and mental fitness system for the Nintendo 3DS system. It puts forth a huge number of games to hone your concentration, memory, calculation, and other brain skills. Use Brain Age Concentration Training to keep your brain sharp every day and track your progress. It's fun, portable, and challenging.
- Hampshire A, Sandrone S, Hellyer PJ. A Large-Scale, Cross-Sectional Investigation Into the Efficacy of Brain Training. Front Hum Neurosci. 2019;13:221. Published 2019 Jul 9. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2019.00221
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Mind Games is a great collection of games based in part on principles derived from cognitive tasks to help you practice different mental skills. This app includes nearly 3 dozen of Mindware’s brain training games (some of which allow you to play 3 times and require upgrading to play more). All games include your score history and graph of your progress. The games list shows a summary of your best games and today’s scores on all games. Using some principles from standardized testing, your scores are also converted to a comparison scale so that you can see where you need work and excel. You might also be able to notice the effects of various lifestyle factors on your performance through the score history.
Mind Games is also now available on iPhone/iPad and Windows.
Languages available: English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Russian, Japanese.
Description of Games and Theorized Abilities:
Abstraction - Exercise your ability to quickly differentiate between words with a concrete vs. abstract meaning.
Attention Training Game - Exercise your attention. Based on the flanker attention task. Practice your ability to ignore competing information and processing speed.
Anticipation - Practice your ability to anticipate and respond rapidly.
Changing Directions - Practice your attention, concentration, processing speed, and mental flexibility.
Divided Attention I - Practice your ability to divide your attention and respond rapidly.
Face Memory - Memorize a group of faces and then see if you can recall them.
Math Star - Practice your basic arithmetic skills, speed, and attention to detail.
Memory Racer - Practice for your brain's working memory and processing speed.
Memory Span - Practice your verbal and nonverbal working memory to increase the span of your immediate memory.
Memory Flow - Practice your visual and verbal memory for the flow of events.
Memory Match - Practice your memory for completed tasks.
Mental Categories - Practice your processing speed and quick categorization skills.
Mental Flex - Practice your cognitive flexibility and ability to ignore competing information.
Path Memory - Practice your ability to memorize and reproduce paths.
Serial Memory - Learn a series of 10 numbers and faces in as few trials as you can.
Self-Ordered Learning for Objects - Memorize a sequence of objects using a sequence you determine.
Similarities Scramble - Exercise your knowledge of word relationships.
Spatial Memory - Memorize the locations of the tiles that flip over with increasing numbers of tiles.
Speed Trivia - Exercise your knowledge of general trivia and information.
Verbal Concepts - Exercise your ability to quickly identify conceptual categories.
Vocabulary Star - Exercise your vocabulary and spelling skills.
Vocabulary Power - An un-timed multiple choice vocabulary task.
Visual Memory - Test and practice your visual memory skills.
Word Memory - Memorize 30 words and see if you can remember them.
Mind Games is intended to be brain challenging entertainment. No research has yet been conducted to determine if this app has cognitive benefits.
Mind Games is also now available on iPhone/iPad and Windows.
Languages available: English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Russian, Japanese.
Description of Games and Theorized Abilities:
Abstraction - Exercise your ability to quickly differentiate between words with a concrete vs. abstract meaning.
Attention Training Game - Exercise your attention. Based on the flanker attention task. Practice your ability to ignore competing information and processing speed.
Anticipation - Practice your ability to anticipate and respond rapidly.
Changing Directions - Practice your attention, concentration, processing speed, and mental flexibility.
Divided Attention I - Practice your ability to divide your attention and respond rapidly.
Face Memory - Memorize a group of faces and then see if you can recall them.
Math Star - Practice your basic arithmetic skills, speed, and attention to detail.
Memory Racer - Practice for your brain's working memory and processing speed.
Memory Span - Practice your verbal and nonverbal working memory to increase the span of your immediate memory.
Memory Flow - Practice your visual and verbal memory for the flow of events.
Memory Match - Practice your memory for completed tasks.
Mental Categories - Practice your processing speed and quick categorization skills.
Mental Flex - Practice your cognitive flexibility and ability to ignore competing information.
Path Memory - Practice your ability to memorize and reproduce paths.
Serial Memory - Learn a series of 10 numbers and faces in as few trials as you can.
Self-Ordered Learning for Objects - Memorize a sequence of objects using a sequence you determine.
Similarities Scramble - Exercise your knowledge of word relationships.
Spatial Memory - Memorize the locations of the tiles that flip over with increasing numbers of tiles.
Speed Trivia - Exercise your knowledge of general trivia and information.
Verbal Concepts - Exercise your ability to quickly identify conceptual categories.
Vocabulary Star - Exercise your vocabulary and spelling skills.
Vocabulary Power - An un-timed multiple choice vocabulary task.
Visual Memory - Test and practice your visual memory skills.
Word Memory - Memorize 30 words and see if you can remember them.
Mind Games is intended to be brain challenging entertainment. No research has yet been conducted to determine if this app has cognitive benefits.
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