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Ahead of My Time... In A Bad Way
18 years ago
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Well, now I know for sure my mind's not as it once was.
Talking to my friend, Ty, got me thinking. He spends most of the time we chat solving rubic's cubes, and it keeps his mind active. As he so excellently put it, "I'd rather it be this way than vegitating."
Well, I was at Curcuit City today with my roommates, so I figured I'd throw down the $20 to pick up Brain Age 2 for my DS. Okay, so it didn't seem like much of a good purchase, but I feel good about it now that I've seen it. Well... good and bad at the same time. More on this in a minute.
The game has several good features. There's Quick Play, Brain Training, Sudoku puzzles too. But here was what I was interested in. Brain Age Check.
One's Brain Age is determined by how quickly their brain processes and stores information. The ideal Brain Age is 20. Well, after a few reaction and memorization quizzes, guess where mine stands?
54.
That's right. At 19, I have the brain of someone in their mid-50's.
Definitely need to work on that, no?
Well, okay. To be fair, the game has a few quirks that can make the quizzes just a teensy bit inaccurate. Sometimes, it doesn't read the input just right the first time, which can fudge results. Still, though, the number is unsettling.
I'll be playing this for at least a few minutes a day now to see what little Brain Training puzzles can be unlocked, and also just for the fun of the Sudoku puzzles.
Talking to my friend, Ty, got me thinking. He spends most of the time we chat solving rubic's cubes, and it keeps his mind active. As he so excellently put it, "I'd rather it be this way than vegitating."
Well, I was at Curcuit City today with my roommates, so I figured I'd throw down the $20 to pick up Brain Age 2 for my DS. Okay, so it didn't seem like much of a good purchase, but I feel good about it now that I've seen it. Well... good and bad at the same time. More on this in a minute.
The game has several good features. There's Quick Play, Brain Training, Sudoku puzzles too. But here was what I was interested in. Brain Age Check.
One's Brain Age is determined by how quickly their brain processes and stores information. The ideal Brain Age is 20. Well, after a few reaction and memorization quizzes, guess where mine stands?
54.
That's right. At 19, I have the brain of someone in their mid-50's.
Definitely need to work on that, no?
Well, okay. To be fair, the game has a few quirks that can make the quizzes just a teensy bit inaccurate. Sometimes, it doesn't read the input just right the first time, which can fudge results. Still, though, the number is unsettling.
I'll be playing this for at least a few minutes a day now to see what little Brain Training puzzles can be unlocked, and also just for the fun of the Sudoku puzzles.
My age is 64. So don't EVEN. xD
Well, okay then, I won't.
I'll be sure to stick with it. And thank you for reminding me of the researcher who developed this. I couldn't remember his name for the life of me.