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To play Bing Silversphere click here. Silversphere is a familiar puzzle game that combines strategic thinking and quick reflexes. The game has many elder friendly features that makes the game fun and challenging. The goal of the game is simple – get the silversphere in the blue vortex. The challenge of the game ...
You can play Candystand Mini-Golf by clicking here. When Flash games on the internet really started to take off, one of the most popular games online was mini-golf. It’s the perfect game to play with a mouse because it’s easy to use (not many controls required), easy to understand (the rules are pretty universal) and ...
This very popular Bing free online game Text Twist 2 is an updated more powerful version of the original Text Twist (version 1.) Bing provides comprehensive instructions. And the game is really cool! Easy to see, hear, use and understand, Text Twist 2 is a great game for seniors, their children and grandchildren to play together for hours of fun.
Bookworm from MSN Online Games is a recognizable, easy to use Scrabble-like word game with word tiles that light up in easy to see colors and simple instructions. A great online alternative to Scrabble, which since many of us have been playing it since childhood, plays intuitively easy. Try it, you'll like it! ...
Brain games can be an important way to keep your mind fit and sharp as you enter your golden years. While there is still some debate over their effectiveness, there are a few easy rules you should follow to ensure the best workout in this ever-increasing industry.
Click me to see a simple way to warm up your brain for golf!
Games are a great way to diversify the iPad’s usefulness to seniors. Aside from watching television, movies and video clips, the App Store has a ton of games that will appeal to all ages.
The iPad’s virtually limitless functionality makes it the perfect companion for both professional and personal caregivers.
Dakim Brain Games are designed to provide seniors with a cognitive workout. Dakim’s scientists designed snappy entertaining exercises that stimulate visual and spatial reasoning, language skills, critical thinking, as well as long-term memory. This touch-screen activated activities help to ward off dementia and associated memory loss symptoms.
Like Scrabble, Words with Friends provides a great workout for the brain, forcing each user to master spelling and strategically think on his/her feet. The game’s designer’s have emphasized the built-in interactivity between users though a chat room, which helps to keep the match socially engaging.
You can’t get too comfortable with any one standard brain stimulant. Working out the brain requires a constant slew of new challenges. It’s like entering a weight training program at the gym; to receive maximum benefits, you have to switch up the routine.We are here to offer a few novel stimulants to help sharpen that rusty brain.
Scrabble, the ultimate family fun board game disguised as a brain game, is now available as an iPad application. The highly-competitive, highly-strategic word game is a great stimulating exercise for the brain, requiring logical reasoning, spatial reasoning, and creativity.
The era of clunky video game controllers is drawing to a close. Microsoft is set to debut their much-anticipated Project Natal on June 13th E3, the annual video game conference. This debut marks the company’s first foray into the motion controlled gaming world.
It’s all crystal clear: a new study from the University of Michigan suggests that good vision can help prevent the risk of dementia, Alzheimer’s.
Exercise is good for the brain. Studies show that both brain games and appropriate physical exercise are important. Read the full article to learn more.
The release date for Healthful Apps, a series of iPhone applications intended to improve the status of your health and your quality of life, is right around the corner (January 5th); we could not be anymore excited. This is not the first time that we have showed our admiration for Healthful Apps, as we ...
If you’ve read our previous posts about brain games you’ve likely come to the conclusion that brain games not only have many benefits, but also utilize more than just one part of our brains. Did you realize, however, that brain games also utilize numerous parts of the body?
The scientific community is torn when it comes to the topic of brain games. That’s because this term is still relatively new and ambiguous. In some circles it encompasses any game, with the argument being that if you’re playing the game then you’re using your brain.
ElderGadget is no stranger to brain games, and you shouldn’t be either. That’s because these games are more than just distractions. They can actually improve some of the mental, physical and psychological abilities that tend to decrease as we age.
Who says seniors are an overlooked market segment when it comes to designing electronics? Apparently Nintendo didn’t get the memo because the gaming giant announced yesterday that it will release a larger version of its handheld gaming console, the Nintendo DS.
When it comes to the brain, if you don’t use it, you can lose it. Challenging the brain can provide protection from cognitive decline, which is associated with diseases like Alzheimer’s and dementia. As ElderGadget mentioned last week, a new study shows that computer games can help older adults hone their memory and attention. This study just ...
Part 2: Elderly Education As we explained in the first segment of a four part series, keeping our brains sharp well into our senior years is an age-old concern and there are a host of factors that may contribute to a sharper mind late in life. Today's post is going to focus on education; that ...
Keeping our brains sharp well into our senior years is an age-old concern. Research shows that a host of factors that may contribute to a sharper mind late in life, including exercise, education, quitting smoking and social activity. Other studies also show that genetics play a role in who develops dementia. The study tested the cognitive abilities ...
Two weeks ago, I wrote an ElderGadget post on the so-called brain game phenomenon. As I described, not only is it important to keep your mind active, but I suggested that the most effective way to achieve such a goal was through interactive, senior-friendly games like MindFit, Brain Fitness and Brain Age. For the most part, ...
Computer technology is creating a culture of “digital natives” — people who grew up using technology — and “digital immigrants” — people who started using technology later in life, according to Dr. Gary Small, a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences and director of the UCLA Center on Aging. Small, who published a book on ...
With seniors now making up the largest percentage of new PC users, it makes sense that companies like Microsoft are leading the way in easy-to-use computer technologies for seniors. SeniorPCs are Hewlett-Packard (HP) computers that come equipped with user-friendly software specifically geared for senior living. All you have to do is plug it in and ...
The latest studies stress the importance of keeping our brains every bit as fit as we keep our bodies. This is especially important as we age because we need to keep our cognitive abilities strong. This week Myfitbrain announced the release of its innovative brain training software, which comes at no cost to users due to ...
Alvaro Fernandez, CEO of SharpBrains and a member of the World Economic Forum's Council on the Future of the Aging Society, announced the results of a survey that reinforces the need for brain-related public awareness campaigns like Brain Awareness Week, which was March 16-22. SharpBrains' survey included 21,000 decision-makers and professionals in the field of ...
The new version of the tremendously popular trivia game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire is now available online.
Uno is a classic card game that can be great fun if you have a few friends to play with, but until now Uno cards were somewhat useless if you were alone. Luckily Yahoo! has taken the game and created an online version for you to play against some electronic foes.
To play Zuma, click here. Zuma is a fun arcade-style game that will challenge your hand-eye coordination as well as your reflexes. This game is in the mold of games like Bejeweled and Bubble Town. And like those games, Zuma has many senior friendly features. The game gets harder as the game progresses ...
Fun, easy to see, easy to use, free online game for seniors, with with clear instructions, and both simple and complex levels of play.
Remember Family Feud with Richard Dawson? Well here it is online and free! Hours of family fun trying to guess the most popular answers to simple questions.
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Brain Games and Beyond: Making Sense of the Software
by Michael G on December 3, 2010 · 0 comments
Expert columnist Andrew Carle probes Brain Games. With science now showing you can exercise your brain the same way you exercise your body, the market has been flooded with computer-based “brain technologies” promoting everything from better memory to calculator-like skills. Just as with physical exercise equipment, products promoting brain health run the gamut from simple to complex, cheap to expensive, and “fun” to “boring.” So what’s a person to do? As with any exercise program it helps to understand your options.