I got my mom some brain games, and I've noticed a difference in her response time. She's older. I think they just help in keeping the brain active.Blank
Brain games: do they really make you smarter?
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Posted 25 January 2007 - 06:36 PM
^^agree on the brain activity commentbtw - just tarted playing big brain academy and i like it a lot more than brain age. games are not so school-like and are definitely more fun while still exercising the brain
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Posted 25 January 2007 - 07:36 PM
they make you quicker ...i love 'em 
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Posted 25 January 2007 - 07:39 PM
Seems like they make me think faster, which could be considered working an area of intelligence.
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Posted 25 January 2007 - 09:24 PM
i dont think it had an effect on me aprt from when i was playing the game lol but who knows
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Posted 25 January 2007 - 11:25 PM
I think they do because they teach u how to learn a new game and then it increases ur speed rate and answering questions and that means you know them easily.
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Posted 26 January 2007 - 12:06 AM
i dont feel smarter...if it does only temporary to get a good score for the game
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Posted 26 January 2007 - 05:18 AM
i doubt that they do anything except train you not to buy pointless games
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Posted 26 January 2007 - 06:29 AM
They increase the flexibility of holding a pencil... thats all they do. lol
Edited by Toasty09, 26 January 2007 - 06:30 AM.
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Posted 26 January 2007 - 08:37 AM
i guess they do there like memory games
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Posted 26 January 2007 - 08:39 AM
those games won't make you any smarter... they don't help anything lmaoif you want to get smarter.. study more often
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Posted 26 January 2007 - 10:16 AM
I used to play them everyday, I didn't feel smarter at the time, but since I stopped, I definitely feel dumber. I struggle with simple everyday math problems that I used to breeze through. I remember struggling with the same problems before playing the game. Thus, in my mind those brain games definitely HELP.
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Posted 27 January 2007 - 06:47 PM
The brain games will stimulate you brain when you are playing the game but when you stop playing the game... it will make you confident like you are smarter... well you are not... the game tones your brain like lifting weights will tone you muscles.
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Posted 27 January 2007 - 07:09 PM
I bought BrainAge for my mom. She's older, and not as active as she use to be. I think it helps with her motor skills, but maybe not. That's just my 2 cents on the matter. She has fun playing it regardlessCMG
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Posted 27 January 2007 - 08:40 PM
makes you smarter but also stupid.
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Posted 27 January 2007 - 10:43 PM
It all depends on your definition of 'smarter'.All it merely does is help you memorize certain questions, therefore it only improves your memory and not the frontal lobe itself.
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Posted 27 January 2007 - 10:54 PM
yea, you get better at the games themselves but hard to tell if it helps you outside of the game.
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Posted 27 January 2007 - 10:58 PM
Any activity that stimulates the brain has to be good to the degree that Brain games do. Whether they make you smarter is certainly debatable. Perhaps they keep you where you were rather than loosing brain cells. Either way you have plenty of fun with them. 
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Posted 28 January 2007 - 12:15 AM
I don't know if they work or not, which I think they do, but they are sure fun to play!
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Posted 28 January 2007 - 12:36 AM
don't know if they work or not, which I think they do, but they are sure fun to play!
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Posted 28 January 2007 - 03:53 AM
People who use their brain more, can improve their scores on IQ tests. IQ tests are the best thing we have to measure our intelligent. Since These games are designed to jog our memory and push our problem solving skills I'd say they could improve your IQ scores and help you to think a little quicker. But in the big picture the difference might not be noticble, it's like adding 10 horsepower to your car engine, it's better, but not enough to notice.
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Posted 28 January 2007 - 04:00 AM
i just got my ds for those brain games (i got brain academy). .i've been able to solve those problems faster, i think its better then just watching tv too. .at least it makes my mind think a bit.
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Posted 28 January 2007 - 04:17 AM
if you play every day, maybe you can be smarter, it's training
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Posted 28 January 2007 - 08:16 AM
Perhaps, but then again, who knows ? They'd have to do some scientific test to find out.
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Posted 28 January 2007 - 08:19 AM
If there was a mario teaching game for the DS it would do well to teach children math and reading, but it will also teach them how to run around the room screaming WOO-HOO!
