The Nintendo DS range of console, while primarily being hand-held gaming consoles, are also incredibly useful for non-gaming tasks. One such task is training your brain. This could also fall under the category of “edutainment” as it involves mini-games.
I recently got “Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training – How old is your brain?“ for Nintendo DSlite. What a great game. It comprises a selection of short activities, designed by Dr. Ryuta Kawashima, to exercise specific areas of the brain and to improve various brain activities. The activities involve numbers, words, letters and colours and take a rough maximum of about 5 minutes each to complete. At the end of your training (done once a day) you will be provided with your brain’s current brain age (the ideal is 20).
People have said that, over time, the game gets boring and repetitive. I don’t think the idea is that it’s a game though. I’ll keep it up and keep you all posted. If you’ve tried “Brain Training”, what did you think of it?
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