Mind Games

 


Palm Drive Palm drive is the main entrance to the Stanford campus

UC Campus A view of the Berkeley campus

Smart Dolphin

Dolphins challenged by cognitive test

Heliospherical

When the sun takes a coffee break, the risk goes up

Shrinking Brain?

Scientists: age may not be a factor


Arches

What happened to this rock?


Apollo 11

The first social lunar landing (e.g., with people) ocurred on July 24, 1969


Abstraction

Representing Infinity

Caliente Pepper
Peppery Brain Test


Defragmenter

Defragment your Brain


Diamonds of Perception

Wow. Speed, Color Acuity, and Decision-Making all in one

1984

George Orwell's masterpiece set 25 years ago


Monkey Flash

Evolving and learning along with the web

Immortal Jellyfish

Press enough times and your brain might become immortal


Clock Challenge
Stop the Clock. Tests your 'control'

Bubbleshooter Select and Zap the Bubbles

Squarix A son-of-tetris cognitive challenge

Alluvial Fan
Geologically Cool

Bubble Pop

So you want to pop the packing bubbles...

Dueling Bots Blue and Red retro Bots


Aspartame
aspartame
Its Chemical break down

Laser Light

Lab Lasers Create Light Globes


Burning Man

Event in the Desert Marks the End of Summer


Brain Scan
Image created from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)


Route 66 Kicks 66 kicks
An old highway beckons


Irene

Emperor of the Roman Empire. Who was she?


Interminable Will you click the dot?

Tower of Hanoi
Tower of Brahma
Test your mind with this classic math challenge


Traffic Traffic considered as a cognitive puzzle

Crystal Skull
What is it?

AC/DC
Who was Tesla?


Garden Grow How does your garden grow?
Your Friend in the Garden

Block MultiTasker

3x the fun of 'Caveman/woman' brain puzzles


Clarke Memorial Hal sings 'Daisy, Give Me your answer true'

Pictograph
Pictogram or Pictograph. Which is it?

Smiley

How did it get started?


The DNA Eye Link

When did these appear? In the blink of an eye

Vitruvian Man
Leonardo made this drawing to reflect what?


Mona Lisa

Who was She? What was  Leonardo  DaVinci  trying  to tell us?


Summit Historic climbers just beneath the Summit of Everest, 1953

Endangered World

A look at nine threatened parts of our world - in exercises


Memory for Life

9 Scientifically Proven Brain Games (Stanford, U.C.) using speed of processing, exercise hailed by scientists as most effective. Set the number of reps dynamically, Play everyday. patent-protected. All ages. No need to purchase a player!


Block Breaker  Blast a Path through the Squares. Quickness and Selection

Line Splat

Create and have fun. Unlock your right brain in a fingerpainting game.


EarthBrain

What kind of performance can you turn in that  improves your brain while saving the Earth?  find out

Monkey Isle

Build a maze so the monkey can cross the water

Brain Health

What can you do to keep your brain healthy? New Tips.

Transformers reaction time

Autobots battle Decepticons. 9 Exercises for  your brain.


Orange Dot Test
Move the dot around the screen, watch the time! and collect glittering prizes!


BrainAging BrainAging: Find out and boost your Brain age. The threefold pathway to a more youthful (and faster) mind

2 Minute React
Quick Free  2 minute Test - how fast do you react? Reaction time iis linked to Longevity in several recent studies. Check yourself


Stackopolis

A cross between Rubik's Cube and Tetris.


MemoryTV

Pix exercise your Memory with science. Don't get blinded.


Curveball
3D vector graphics  perception - curve the ball to beat your opponent

Quad
Make a Square Before Time Runs Out. Addictive.


Flower Power

Go Back to the 60's. Aim at the Flowers. Peace, Man.


Tech Mogul the mogul!
Tech Mogul Game. Train and React at the Same Time. Game won Netscape 'cool' award       



Block Breaker

 Blast a  path through the  squares. Quickness and Attention.


Air Hockey A Classic Speed and Reflex game meets the Web! Unlimited play.

Bloxorz

Entertaining cross between stackopolis and blockbreaker. Thanks, JFP


 
Space Escape

Test how fast you can accelerate the spaceship and (watch out!) for sudden wrinkles in the fabric of the space-time continuum. This game is great in tandem with the simple reaction time test (AKA thinking speed test)

Flow Guide a protozoan through a primordial sea. The more it eats, the more it evolves. The creators pioneered a new kind of game.

Super Tetris
Recognize, respond, and manipulate changing patterns within a few seconds

Chess

Excellent chess game...fun


Kurzweil's Vision
Zillions of Nanobots


 the Tomb 2step
Another Tomb...."What can you see?" asked Carnarvon. "Wonderful things, "gasped Carter.


Letter Rip
Using moving letters, this game tests your ability to organize

Lunar Command
Reaction time and visio-spatial processing, similar to arcade classic 'Missile Command' 

KickUps

Kick the ball as high as you can - great for the reflexes


Simon

Classic Memory game - remember lights and patterns (Here it is)


Mission Mars
This game exercises your visio-spatial perception,  reaction time, coordination

xxMan You'll need concentration and memory to win

BrainBots

Nano-Implants, anyone? Hand, eye, and brain coordination


Canyon Glider

Fly through the arches at Arches NP in Utah, soar above the Colorado River. This game helps you learn the keystroke commands.


Pharaoh's Tomb
Fun puzzle and reward game  is an action maze. If you like mazes and crosswords you'll like it. See if you can find King Tut.


Cubitsu

Line up the stars, if you can...


Irritating Game


Keep the balls in the air - Great for the brain


Rubik's Cube

Online Classic - change colors and patterns or 'skins'


Ball Bounce

A simple rolling ball game...Fascinating! 


Battle Pong

Here's a twist on Pong: reaction time, perceptual  threshold, reflexes, fun!

FlashMan

Action game mash-up with a gobbling ball


GyroBall

Rolling ball of thunder is  hard to aniticipate


CrashDown

Fast mind action game


Blockbreaker
The inverse of tetris


CubeBuster

Another game with patterns  and motion, challenges reaction and recognition

Rollon

'3d' ball game - activate yourself!


SpaceFlier

Fun reaction-time based space game, Asteroids on steroids


Sodoku

The Puzzle Game Sweeping the World


Mash-up of classic
reaction time, perception - open source version


Sheep React

Pastoral Reaction Game. Fun


Asteroids

Was a classic from late 70's. Timing, gravity awareness, perception - open source flash vector graphic version


Rev. Asteroids

The inverse of the former


Words

A Word challenge


Spaced Invaders

Version 1.0 look and feel - Elegant and simple open source. Trains reaction and  perceptual threshold.


Invaders(max)

A litte harder than the original retro.


Think Pink

Can you get away from the pink blobs?


Tetris (original)

Forever a classic like Elvis and Devo, from the Rubik's cube era. Open source version.


Hexxagon

Good for the brain. A radioactive brain twisting puzzle game


Tic_tac_toe

Shall we play a game? Before Wysiwyg processing, before Peek, poke, and sprites


Where's the Widget

Another game where you need to organize falling shapes! Lots of fun.


Word Shoot

Typing Match


Blue Flame flaming A modern Pictogram

jaxa HD earth From Apollo 8 to HD Earthrise








 
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