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Post by traveller on Aug 4, 2021 18:40:48 GMT 1
I don’t know if anyone on the forum participates in this, I’ve been doing it on a daily basis for a couple of years. The training I find most difficult are the memory tests but I persevere, I don’t actually think in the long run they make any difference to your chances of getting Alzheimer’s but I live in hope. Anyway I had a email to say they were now going to charge to access these games, I wondered if it had anything to do with that TV programme where celebs try to improve their memory, was it perhaps mentioned there? I’m not going to pay, but if any members know of any other free games of this nature I’d be interested. Thanks in advance.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2021 18:43:12 GMT 1
Yes, but I can't remember.
NB Sorry, I hope someone responds. Could be a good thread.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2021 20:15:49 GMT 1
I subscribed for a while, but I got frustrated by some of the word games, where they gave the wrong answer.
It's a good idea, though only if you enjoy it (obviously!). I suspect you'd get similar results from things like learning another language, doing crosswords ... though only for the wordy (that's a technical term) part of the brain.
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Post by david on Aug 4, 2021 20:24:14 GMT 1
What have you been training on? You do not say. I find the best way is to do a lot of reading.
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Post by gigi on Aug 4, 2021 22:50:23 GMT 1
I hope that all my reading of almost anything I can lay my hands on (although I’ve found that during Covid I’ve tended to more light reading - poor concentration) and sudoku puzzles, which I really enjoy, will help. But I haven’t done very well at the memory tests in a study I’ve taken part in.
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Post by monsieur3seas on Aug 5, 2021 8:18:21 GMT 1
I like to play card games where you have to remember the cards like bridge, hearts and black mariah. Plenty to be found on the web.
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Post by Polarengineer on Aug 5, 2021 10:30:27 GMT 1
I prefer real problems to solve, there is a real benefit. Not only is my brain active, but I get job satisfaction and self appreciation at the end of it. Current problems are,
Designing and building control system for my underfloor heating
Commissioning a heat pump via Chinese/English instructions.
Designing and building a new chicken and duck house
Fixing a water pump noise problem
Finding a method to recycle insulation cut offs to insulate hot water piping.
Trying to discover why windows bluetooth won't work with IOS bluetooth (stupid of me to think that bluetooth is bluetooth is bluetooth when IT nerds will sod something up cos they can)
Solving a puzzle of what animal is creating a skeleton run slide into our river. (Photos later for help with this puzzle. I have to resize the photos to post here, when I find the thread on how to)
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Post by traveller on Aug 5, 2021 11:39:46 GMT 1
What have you been training on? You do not say. I find the best way is to do a lot of reading. The problems on elevate are mathematical,spelling and other word games, which I agree can be frustrating, but the memory ones involve listening and then answering questions, all the sections get more difficult the higher you score. I’ve reached a plateau with Sudoku, I do Andrew James, if I’ve remembered his name correctly, ha, ha, anything after difficult, like killer etc. Is beyond me, I bought his book, but that didn’t help, I think you need someone to show you the colouring and other methods. As for reading, I’m a massive reader, I find choosing books at random is a good idea as you come upon things that you didn’t think you’d be interested in, then you are, wonderful! |
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Post by traveller on Aug 5, 2021 11:42:54 GMT 1
I hope that all my reading of almost anything I can lay my hands on (although I’ve found that during Covid I’ve tended to more light reading - poor concentration) and sudoku puzzles, which I really enjoy, will help. But I haven’t done very well at the memory tests in a study I’ve taken part in. Was that the Protect study from the University of Exeter? I did that, I’ve continued with their brain training, but that is really difficult, I tried it out on younger family members and they found it a real challenge so then I didn’t feel so bad. |
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Post by gigi on Aug 5, 2021 22:03:16 GMT 1
I hope that all my reading of almost anything I can lay my hands on (although I’ve found that during Covid I’ve tended to more light reading - poor concentration) and sudoku puzzles, which I really enjoy, will help. But I haven’t done very well at the memory tests in a study I’ve taken part in. Was that the Protect study from the University of Exeter? I did that, I’ve continued with their brain training, but that is really difficult, I tried it out on younger family members and they found it a real challenge so then I didn’t feel so bad. Yes, that’s the one. |
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