In their many television ads, Lumosity boasted that their games were designed by neuroscientists and were scientifically proven to reduce the likelihood of suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. The company also claimed that by playing their games, people could improve their real-world cognitive skills and even athletic performance. Lumosity is a company that creates “brain training” games, like The Wiggles Memory Game, only these are played on mobile devices like smart phones and tablets. Founded in 2007, the company has developed over 50 games designed to increase cognitive abilities such as attention and memory. While some of the games are free to play, Lumos Labs offers a subscription service of up to $15 per month to access all of their games.

Thankfully our kids are doing well in school. My wife and I like to think it’s because we stimulated their young minds by playing intellectual games and reading to them. Now I’m not so sure we can take any credit. We took turns flipping two cards over trying to match up the pairs.Īt first, my wife and I beat the kids soundly. But pretty soon the kids started to catch up. And then the kids started beating us. Badly. I remember one game I didn’t even find a single pair.

I can’t believe my little sweetie is a teenager. It seems like only yesterday we would sit on the living room floor and play The Wiggles Memory Game with her and our son. The game had over 20 cards featuring two of each Wiggles character. We shuffled them and then put the cards face down on the carpet.

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