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LLI 374 Brain Fitness - Session III
Session III Outline:
Puzzles on the Mind
Outcomes:
- Understand What is Cognitive Training
- Understand How Cognitive Training Works
- Identify Types of Cognitive Training (Brain Games)
- Know Online Cognitive Training to Use
- Know Cognitive Training and Puzzles to Use
Class Presentations
Student Exercise
Student Exercise
Single Player
- Tour Puzzle:
- Perplexus
- Amaze
- Construction Puzzles – True Genius Aztec Temple
- Disentanglement Puzzles – Enigma Hanayama Cast Puzzle
- Combination Puzzles / Lock Puzzles / Folding Puzzles / Mechanical Puzzles /Puzzle Box - True Genius Puzzle Capsule
Multi Player
- Jigsaw Puzzles – NASA Moon
- Tiling Puzzles / Sliding puzzles Puzz-3D – Original 3D Crystal Puzzle
Session III Support Links
Terms, Jargon, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
Brain Training Programs
Neuroscience
Online Math Programs
- Math Trainer
- Lumosity
- 10 Seconds of Math
- Practice Mental Arithmetic - Windhoff.net
- Mental Math Training – BrainScale
- Arithmetic Game – Online Speed Drill
- Mental Maths Exercise – Solve Sums Faster in Your Head (iPhone)
Mnemonic Links
- Wikipedia - Mnemonic
- Method of Loci
- Dominic system
- Goroawase system
- Link system
- Major system
- Peg system
- Effect System
- Spaced Repetitions System
Online Cognitive Training
- Lumosity
- CogniFit
- Happy Neuron
- Braingle.com
- My Brain Trainer
- Crosswords
- GamesfortheBrain.com
- MindGames.com
- BrainMetrix.com
- Queendom
- Duolingo
- Mensa Brain Training
- Memorado
- Happify
Mobile Apps for Cognitive Training
General
Apple Store
Google Play
Categories of Puzzles
- Rubik's Cube - Combination puzzle
- Peg Solitaire
- Sokoban
- Mathematical Puzzles
- Paper-and-pencil Puzzles
- Logic Puzzles
- Tangram
- Geometry Puzzles
- Lateral Thinking Puzzles
- Metapuzzles
- Spot the Difference
- Stick Puzzles
- Construction Puzzles
- Disentanglement Puzzles
- Combination Puzzles
- Lock Puzzles
- Mechanical Puzzles
- Puzzle Box
- Jigsaw Puzzles
- Tiling Puzzles
- Sliding puzzles
- Puzz-3D
Word Puzzles
- Anagrams
- Ciphers
- Crossword Puzzles
- Hangman (game)
- Word Search Puzzles
- Wheel of Fortune
- Words with Friends
- Upwords
- Boggle
- Dabble
- Letterpress (video game)
- Puzzlage
- Ruzzle
- Scrabble
Online Streaming Music Sites
- SoundCloud
- Tidal
- Deezer
- Amazon Music
- Apple Music
- Spotify
- Pandora
- Google Play Music
- Napster
- iHeartRadio
- LiveXLive - Slacker
Online Music Creation Sites
Dancing in the DMV
Brain SPECT Imaging
Other Brain Training Links