Brain Workshop

From the Developers
Brain Workshop is a free open-source version of the Dual N-Back mental exercise.

What if a simple mental exercise could improve your memory and intelligence?

A recent study published in PNAS, an important scientific journal, shows that a particular memory task called Dual N-Back actually improves working memory (short term memory) and fluid intelligence. This finding is important because fluid intelligence was previously thought to be unchangeable. The game involves remembering a sequence of spoken letters and a sequence of positions of a square at the same time.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that the dual n-back task also enhances focus and attention and may help improve the symptoms of ADHD/ADD.

In addition to its ability to closely replicate the conditions of the original study by Jaeggi et al. (2008), Brain Workshop includes optional extended game modes such as Triple N-Back and Arithmetic N-Back. It also includes features such as statistics tracking, graphs and easy configurability.

My Comments
While this is a "small game", that is if it's even a game at all, I thought I'd put it on the site because it can totally make you smarter. At least according to an important scientific study. There were probably guys in lab coats looking at the program through microscopes and everything.

So check it out, maybe it'll undo the damage from all the other computer games you've played when you should have been studying.

Computers haven't changed me at all! On that note, can i haz downlaod?