Sharpen Memory.
Memory is everything.
Memory is our brain’s way of holding on tight to the things we need and love. Without it, we’d be nothing.
Sometimes, though, we need to remember not just the really important things, but also the little things, for example the name of someone we met at a party, or perhaps the directions to our favorite restaurant. Forgetting details like this can be frustrating and at times embarrassing.
That's why Lumosity.com designs exercises that can help you dramatically improve your ability to remember names, facts and directions.
Of course, when people talk about memory, they’re usually referring to memory recall, the process of bringing to mind raw information, for example your grandmother’s phone number or a bit of trivia. Recall, though, is only part of the picture. Often the problem is not related to recall, but rather encoding – the initial translation of information into memory. When the cognitive system responsible for preparing information for permanent storage doesn’t do its job right, the resulting memory can be difficult or even impossible to accurately recall later. As the saying goes, "garbage in, garbage out."
Many cognitive processes must function properly to create an effective long-term memory. Of these, working memory is one of the most important. Working memory is the function that allows us to work with new information. For example, when you are introduced to several new people at once, your working memory temporarily stores representations of their names and faces and then forms long-term associations between them. The ability to recall these names a month later depends on effective encoding by your working memory.
Lumosity.com has a number of games that exercise working memory in different ways. For example, Moneycomb and Memory Matrix exercise your visual working memory — your ability to hold onto images and visual patterns. Memory Match and Memory Match Overload exercise your ability to update your working memory with new information — dynamically discarding data that is no longer useful and replacing it with new, relevant information. A large proportion of Lumosity.com games train working memory in one way or another because clinical studies suggest that doing so represents an effective way of turning your mind into a steel trap.
Join Lumosity today and you’ll never forget how much we helped you remember.
