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With a little help from Nintendo, girlawhirl figures out her Brain Age Jun 29, 2006
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The same way Girlawhirl tries to keep her body in shape, she thinks her mind deserves the same attention and respect. But a mental workout is a lot harder to come by than a treadmill. She's heard all of the studies that say crossword puzzles and games like sudoku keep her mind sharp, but for a girl on the go, sitting down with the daily paper or lugging around big puzzle books in her already overstuffed bag, just doesn't work. But now, she has found the compact answer she's been looking for… Not only does Brain Age™ for Nintendo DS© come equipped with tons of sudoku games built right it, it's also designed to test Girlawhirl's mental age. That's right, the fun game is designed to get Girlawhirl flexing her brain matter… um, muscles.
Inspired by the work of Japanese neuroscientist Dr. Ryuta Kawashima, Brain Age stimulates Girlawhirl's mind with fun activities so it can first diagnose the age her brain is functioning at and then work to improve it. And it even keeps track of her daily progress.
A few rounds of sudoku during her commute, a mental moment at lunch, even a math quiz (yikes!) during her coffee break! There are even quizzes that call for her to audibly answer the game back (not always the best scenario for an airplane!). And now that a Super Pal has picked up her own Brain Age and Nintendo DS, they can even compete wirelessly.
Girlawhirl's goal: to maintain the brain capacity of a 20-year-old so she stays as young in her mind as she is in her heart, even though she much prefers the style and sophistication of her actual age.
Girlawhirl found both Nintendo DS and Brain Age at in her online shopping mall at j&r.com |
