New free application and other ideas to sharpen your brain

New free application and other ideas to sharpen your brain

Research has shown that mental power start dwindling after we reach our peak at age 22. This aging starts at age 27. Professor Timothy Salthouse, of the University of Virginia, found reasoning, spatial visualization and speed of thought all decline in our late 20s.Therapies designed to stall or reverse the ageing process may need to start much earlier.

Before we know more about this application let us see some simple steps we can take to sharpen our brain

 

1. Play daily Crossword or Sudoku puzzle

 

Try to solve a crossword or Sudoku puzzle a day to give your brain a bit of a challenge

2. Ask question to your brain

If we find yourself walking into a room and asking "why did I come here for, regularly forgetting to turn off the iron or we are just worried about losing the edge, there are a few simple steps you can take to help keep your brain in shape.

3. Play Sports

Sports like tennis and badminton also give your brain a good workout.

 

4. Best Food to eat

We should avoid foods such as saturated fats, Tran’s fats, sugar, caffeine and alcohol, which deplete brain supporting nutrients, and eat plenty of fish, a mixture of different colored fruits and vegetables, nuts, fiber and olive oil.

5. Natural supplement

 

Neuro PS could help boost thinking, focus the memory and improve mental sharpness. This Neuro PS contains phospholipid which helps provide structural, physiological and biochemical support to cell membranes. Phospholipids provide support to brain, memory and learning functions.

Second Part free application to sharpen brain (Fit Brains Trainer)

 

Free app catches on with people of all ages as a way to keep the mind active. Gillian Shaw reports. As the New Year rolls out, many of us have rolled off the couch and into our local gyms where fitness trainers push us to build muscle tone and endurance. But what about our brain? It's probably doing nothing more taxing than reading People Magazine while we trudge on the treadmill. Or counting  crunches. A Vancouver startup is aiming to change that with its personal trainer for the brain. Fit Brains Trainer, an app for iPhones and iPads, jogs your brain off the couch and puts it through callisthenics aimed at keeping it fit. In barely three weeks since its release, Fit Brains Trainer has rocketed to the top of the education category in Apple's Canadian app store and to the top 10 in the United States. "The idea is, just as you would work with a personal coach for your physical fitness, this is like having a personal coach for your brain," said Michael Cole, cofounder and chief executive of Vivity Labs, the company that created the Fit Brains Trainer. "This works on all the key muscle groups in the brain.

 

It focuses on memory, logic, speed, visual and concentration - all the key areas of the brain.The games are developed by Dr. Paul Nussbaum, the company's co-founder and chief scientific officer and a clinical neuropsychologist and adjunct associate professor in neurological surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. With the Alzheimer Society of B.C. predicting the number of people in the province with dementia will more than double in the next 25 years and similar projections in other jurisdictions, brain health is high on the agenda for many aging baby boomers. But it's not only the boomers who are signing up for brain training, according to Cole.

The app also has a following among younger generations.

 

The interesting thing we are seeing in the app is the wide range of people who are using it - from baby boomers and seniors with iPads to younger people in their teens and 20s. It's a fun game and it tracks your performance," he said. You can watch your performance improve as you play the game, moving to increasingly challenging levels with the app tracking your progress. And if you want to know how you compare to others in your age group, there's an option to check that. People are also spending more time playing Fit Brains than other apps in the same category. People are spending five times more time with the app compared to other apps in the education channel and they are using it an average of 3.7 times a week," said Cole.

 

Since it launched, the game has seen more 200,000 downloads, some 1.6 million games played and it's averaging more than 10,000 downloads a day. It's now only available in English but in two weeks it will be released in eight translations. While the company has had a web-based version, the mobile version is the one that is catching on. "We always thought brain training was better suited for mobile," said Cole. "People can fit their brain training in for 10 minutes a day wherever they are instead of having to sit down at their computer." The app is free, with revenue based on a subscription model. You get five free training sessions, giving you about 15 games to try out before you have to upgrade to a paid account to keep playing. If you don't want to upgrade, you can continue to play with three games offered in the free version. The subscription is modestly priced - $9.99 a year or you can opt for six months for $5.99 or three months for $4.99.