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Fatal1ty AKA Jonathan Wendel lights up CBS' 60 Minutes

"I work out a lot -- you know being physically fit and making sure your neurotransmitters are working properly and making sure that you're on beat and you're ready to go," says Wendel. He calls that "neuro-fitness" and he believes it makes him think faster. He also talks really fast. Are those his neurotransmitters? "That's actually my brain thinking way too fast," he says.

Can games help speed up your brain? That's what the world's top gamer Jonathan Wendel said last night on "60 Minutes." It's a $35 billion industry, and people are just now realizing that exercising your mind and body can yield dividends. Fortunately, if you are a cognitivelabs.com member, you are at the tip of the spear of this revolution. So why not get started now? If you are already a member - stay tuned for more exciting developments! including the output of the cognitive skunkwork.

New games at Game Central

New games at Game Central from Cognitive Labs:

Cubitsu! Please give it a try! It will exercise your mind.
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mac vs. pc update

A leader has emerged in the mac vs. PC challenge! But we are going to suspend your disbelief (or is it the other way around?) for a while longer. But soon, the data will speak to us. If you use a mac or ibook or PC/laptop by all means, take the test, it may be your last chance to quantitatively weigh in on this topic. As a side effect, you will also get a read of your own cognitive speed

Mac or PC User? Who is Faster. Find out

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Who is Faster? Mac or PC Users

Mountain View, CA (PRWEB) - Jan 13, 2005 -- Cognitive Labs today launched a survey that will enable computer enthusiasts everywhere to get closer to the answer of one of the world's great questions.

Who is Faster, Mac or PC users? By deploying its reaction time assessment technology used both in clinical settings and as a healthy living assessment tool on this key problem, Cognitive Labs strives to enhance the world's knowledge. Since processors from Intel will soon become standard in a larger percentage of Macs, according to publicly disclosed information, it appeared that this longstanding question might remain unanswered.

"In computing, there has always been a focus on improving processor clockspeed and efficiency, at the same time, we are all increasingly interested in taking care of our minds and mental processes at any age," said Michael Addicott of Cognitive Labs."We thought it would be fun and also illuminating to address this question from an unbiased perspective."

Users simply visit the cognitivelabs web site and the test and survey are delivered as a service. Once the survey is completed users can move on to the test dashboard and take more tests or play games.

"Much of our work is quite serious, involving the enrollment of people in our monitoring service, and by turns creating a database of cognitive performance or snapshot of how the world thinks. It is important today because the early detection of cognitive impairment is foremost in the minds of many," said Dr. Addicott. "People are curious and want to see and understand how they are doing. It also is critical because there is increasing interest in learning about your genetic make-up and taking a proactive approach to your health, including nutrition and exercise. Cognitive Labs is ideally positioned in this information-rich future."

The Company offers numerous cognitive tests on its website, games selected by its editors that exercise specific modes of interacting with a computer, such as space bar, arrow keys, and letter key, as well as regular newsletters, feeds, blogs, and special content.

To track yourself over time by receiving reports from Cognitive Labs, users need to sign up for Memory for Life, which now can be purchased in 5 languages and 30 currencies. Memory For Life subscribers get unlimited access to tests and games, as well as all new test and game releases. Memory For Life Pro is a portal solution that extends the capability of testing and monitoring to the enterprise and is used by researchers and clinicians.

The company also licenses tests and web services to strategic partners.
About Cognitive Labs

Cognitive Labs develops and markets cognitive testing software delivered as web service on the Internet and through strategic partners. In 2005, the company's technology was highlighted at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference on the Prevention of Dementia in Washington, D.C. and at the XIIth International Psychogeriatric Association Conference in Stockholm Sweden in conjunction with the work of Stanford/ U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs researchers.

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