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News and Press on Lumosity
Magazines
Scientific American, April 2009 Issue
Brain Trainers: A Workout for the Mind"Lumosity was the program I was most eager to play each day."
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Women's Health, January 4, 2008
Don't Lose It"Surprisingly fun games using real neuroscience research to improve your attention, memory, and even peripheral vision."
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Movie Entertainment Magazine, March 2009
This is your brain on video ecstasy"These enjoyable games are addictive and rewarding."
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Online / Web
Washinton Post Blog, The Checkup, July 11, 2008
Brain Game"After a Lumosity session the other day, I suddenly was able to remember a word that had eluded me for several days."
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ABCNews.com, July 10, 2008
Brain Games Popular; Experts Remain Skeptical"Using these games has given me a dramatic improvement in my memory...and it's given me much greater confidence."
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PCMag.com, December 2008
PCMag.com's Ultimate Bargain Hunt: HARDWARE, GADGETS & GAMES"...designed to make users sharper in everyday tasks, improving memory, process speed, attention and cognitive control with fun but effective online workouts."
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WebWare/CNET, April 11, 2008
Lumosity Keeps You From Getting Dumber"There's Lumosity from Lumos Labs, a Web service that offers a...multitude of small mental exercises that run right in your browser and are actually really fun."
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Geek.com, November 6, 2007
Review: Lumosity"Lumosity offers a large catalog of quick-to-play visually appealing browser-based flash games."
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NBC Cleveland, March 28, 2008
Retrain Your Brain"Significant improvements in cognitive functions such as memory and attention were noticeable within a few weeks of training."
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Digital Dingus, September 30, 2007
Brain Fitness (Online Cognitive Training) by Lumosity"Cognitive ability is a very dynamic subject, and in today's world of using computers to do just about everything, I find it essential for an online learning experience. Few websites have interested me, and I will say, Lumosity has one of the best sites, if not the best, I've seen and interacted with."
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PC World, August 4, 2008
Software a 'boot Camp' for the Brain"The games focus on improving brainpower-factors such as memory, attentiveness and processing speed. The Lumosity site tracks your progress, aggregating scores over time and providing analysis."
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Blisstree.com, November 3, 2008
Brain Game Review: Lumosity"I had fun playing the Lumosity games, and I did feel a bit sharper, mentally, afterward."
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Newspapers
The New York Times, May 3, 2008
Exercise Your Brain, or Else You'll ... Uh ..."There is a gradual growing awareness that challenging your brain can have positive effects," Dr. Cohen said.... "Every time you challenge your brain it will actually modify the brain," he said. "We can indeed form new brain cells, despite a century of being told itís impossible."
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LA Times, March 9, 2009 and October 15, 2007
Tips for better time management"Lumosity presents a wide range of exercises that target different mental processes that decline with age, including working memory, speed of processing and attention."
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London Times, September 30, 2007
Get your life back: organise your brain"The well-designed site addresses four areas - attention, memory, cognitive control and processing speed - with imaginatively themed, against-the-clock games that are good fun to play."
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New Scientist, January 12, 2008
Is it worth going to the mind gym?"...trainees not only get better at the training program itself, they also improve on independent tests of working memory and visual attention."
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USA Today, June 17, 2008
'Brain fitness' market booming with Boomers"I feel more alert," [Sarah Schultz says]. "It helps me to remember things, lists, names, faces. It really helps with recall."
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Boston Globe, August 13, 2007
Online brain games can help you sharpen up for your return to the classroom"...a bunch of online brain games crafted by neuroscientists are getting my faculties up to speed."
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette, April 30, 2008
Keeping the brain in good shape"Such brain games can help maintain a healthy lifestyle for an older adult in the same way that physical exercise is recommended to slow natural decline."
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AFP, October 18, 2007
Oldsters see video, computer games as exercise for brain"Through these brain exercises, we rack up points and can actually measure our improvement."
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St. Petersburg Times, September 30, 2008
Keep your brain agile"the games clearly challenge your short-term memory, concentration and processing speed."
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Nashua Telegraph, October 5, 2008
Keep gray matter sharp with games and puzzles"If you have a PC with Internet access, you have all the equipment you'll need to access mental exercises...."
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