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10 apps to improve your memory
Today’s world is guided by performance, be it at school or at work. You are constantly pressurised by your teachers and parents to perform well in exams and extracurricular activities. This puts you under stress and anxiety; you are constantly worried about living up to their expectations.
Today’s world is guided by performance, be it at school or at work. You are constantly pressurised by your teachers and parents to perform well in exams and extracurricular activities. This puts you under stress and anxiety; you are constantly worried about living up to their expectations.Research shows that constant stress diminishes your brain power and memory, thus putting your performance at stake. Eating almonds and taking supplements are common with everyone, but we know most of you hate these.
What if you get fun ways to boost your memory, remove your mental stress and augment your performance in school?
Here are the top 10 mobile applications that serve this purpose:
1. Lumosity
This app is the result of collaboration between scientists and game designers to enhance your memory, attention span, problem solving skills and flexibility of thinking. Comprising of three games per session, it can improve your mental skills. The app also allows you to track the progress and compare performance with peers.
The games in the app have been designed hand-in hand with the scientists to measure the core cognitive abilities of the user i.e. how you remember, learn, reason out and solve a particular problem, ranging from simple to complex.
They have ensured that every game is accessible, engaging and challenging for the user in accordance with his ability and failure in any game is supported by training for further improvement.
2. CogniFit Brain Fitness
Designed to improve your memory and concentration through fun games, this app endeavors to improve your overall brain health. After an initial quiz, the application adapts the game according to your profile and suggests recommendations based on results.
You can track your progress, compete with friends and have fun alongside memory enhancement. Developers claim to see improvement in memory by using the app for at least 20 minutes, two to three times a week.
3. Personal Zen
The app has been designed by Dr. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary and researchers from Hunter College and City University of New York.
The game is based on the journey of two rival animated characters through a field of grass and helps in reducing anxiety by training the mind to focus on positive aspects of life.
A handy app that trains you to face difficult situations of life, it instills confidence, courage and positivity in your mind when used before any stressful situation.
However, lasting benefits are seen when the app is used for 10 minutes each day.
4. Brain Trainer Special
It is an android app that requires you to memorize letter sequences, phone numbers and solve variety of mathematics problems challenging your brain at different levels.
With variety of game modes available like math mode, memory numbers, memory letters, speedy shapes, tricky colors etc. the app is the largest collection of brain games in the market.
It strives to train your brain in various domains like memory, mathematics, speed, concentration, observation and many others.
5. Brain Fitness Pro
The app employs a series of training exercises in the form of fun games to improve your memory, power of concentration and problem solving skills. Additionally, it improves your IQ. Such intensive training of your brain dramatically improves your ability to focus and your cognitive skills for a longer period of time.
6. Happify
As the name, so the app. Designed by using the principles of positive psychology, the app helps in imparting a full, happier life to its users.
This is accomplished with the help of quiz, polls, and gratitude journals that teach its users to conquer their negative thoughts, cope with stress, show gratitude, and empathize – fundamental ingredients to leading a happy life.
7. Fit BrainsTrainer
Another app designed by the experts in the field of brain science, it challenges you with quick, short games and fosters your competitive spirit by showing how you perform as compared to others.
Training your brain and cognitive skills like memory, attention, and speed of thinking, the app is loaded with the biggest variety of games.
All the more, its emotional intelligence games help you work out your social skills, social awareness, self-awareness, and self control.
This will help you to be aware of your own emotions, control your behavior and understand other’s emotions; skills required for you to get along with your peers in a positive manner.
8. Eidetic
The app utilizes a technique called spaced repetition to help you memorize anything ranging from numbers and names to words and facts.
It is built in the form of flashcards and allows you to add items such as phone numbers, facts, dictionary words, quotes etc. These items are then tested by spacing them over a period of time, thus, enabling you to remember for a longer period.
Thus, it is different than other brain training apps by utilizing items that are real and meaningful.
9. Not the Hole Story
This app is for students who are avid fans of riddles. These riddles are given in the form of stories and you are required to solve those using hints that crop up midway. However, if you fail to do so, answers are revealed to you.
Through such riddles, the app strives to broaden your thinking ability and impart fun.
10. Clockwork Brain
“Insanely fun puzzles to train your brain”, that is the Clockwork Brain app which presents you with a series of fun and challenging games to test your memory, ability to pay attention, language skills, reasoning skills, and speed of thinking. All the more, a tiny gold robot appears every time to explain the next game you are about to play.
Having difficulty in memorizing your facts or numbers doesn’t label you with any mental disorder. It just needs a push to enhance your brain power and spending 10-30 minutes with these mobile applications just fulfills this, that too in a smart and fun way.