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SegaToys Brain Checker Flirts With Your Prefrontal Cortex

The SegaToys Brain Checker is a handheld game that allows you to get your gray matter flexing. Given the Japanese content of the source, we are not too sure what the Brain Checker will actually involve, but derivations of Dr. Kawashima's Brain Age games are to be expected. From the screenshots available, the game will involve picture and number based puzzles on a pocket sized LCD screen, which will attempt to get your prefrontal cortex all hot and sweaty. More »

12:45 PM on Sat Dec 29 2007
By Haroon Malik
1,489 views, 3 comments

Latest by scarbrtj: I vote more for parietal lobe stimulation versus prefrontal cortex stimulation. Unless, while playing the game, it beat me and I was trying to decide whether or not to throw it to the ground in a fit of rage. more »

oldie but goodie

Brain Age Creator Developing Intelligent Toyotas for Old People

First he developed Brain Age, a hit Nintendo DS game that helps keep people's brains fit well into their golden years. Now, the same guy, Ryuta Kawashima, is working with Toyota to make cars that help the older folks who perhaps didn't do all the mental calisthenics they should have. More »

9:14 AM on Tue Dec 18 2007
By Wilson Rothman
1,645 views, 9 comments

man vs. beast

Chimpanzees Beat College Students at Computerized Brain Test

You know that game in Brain Age where you get a quick look at a batch of numbers then have to tap them in numerical order after they're hidden? In news that must please the good Dr. Kawashima to no end, scientists at Kyoto University have found that five-year-old chimps are able to perform a (very) similar feat much faster than a group of nine able-minded college students on a touchscreen test bed that resembles the best-selling DS game.
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9:55 PM on Mon Dec 3 2007
By dango
25,663 views, 71 comments

Latest by aamlg: Think your memory is better than the chimp's, or that it's just a matter of training? Try this replica of the memory test to see if you can beat a chimp's score: [games.lumosity.com] more »

high contrast

Crimson & Black DS Lite Unboxing

Remember that Crimson & Black Nintendo DS Lite that was supposed to be packaged with Brain Age 2? Well they actually went through with it and Gamepro got their hands on one for an unboxing session.[Gamepro via Kotaku]

6:32 PM on Fri Aug 17 2007
By blongo3
8,747 views, 11 comments

Latest by tayaya: @Iced: No it's not. The black DS is still glossy all over. This is matte black on the sides and back, as well as inside where the buttons/screens are (but all DS lites are there). It's not more »

portable media

Nintendo Gives DS Lite + Brain Age To President Bush For 60th Birthday

Check out this DS Lite + Brain Age pack Nintendo gave to President Bush for his birthday. That's pretty neat, but I wonder if he'll play it. With no sons in the house, we doubt there was a Nintendo or Sega Genesis to be found. Well, it'll give him something to do when his iPod runs out of juice. More »

7:47 PM on Thu Jul 6 2006
By Jason Chen
770 views, 8 comments