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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: 12-12-2008
My kids have "Brain Age" for their DS's, but I'm over 50 and can harldy see that little screen. So I bought "Brain Spa" for me. I've been playing it for six months now, and this is an incredible program. Other reviews have mentioned the different types of puzzles offered, so I'll skip that list and just emphasize that each puzzle is different and exercises different parts of your brain. I really like the little blurb after each one which explains just what brain part you just exercised, and why that's important, especially as you get older. (ahem) You are only "competing" against yourself, and if I've been "away" for a week, I'm chagrined to find my scores dipping. The proof, for myself, that this program really helps limber my brain, is in the word game "Scrabble". I play against the computer in the CDROM version, and for years we've been evenly matched at the third level. Then I started playing "Brain Spa". Now, I routinely beat the computer by 100+ points at the same level. The hardest game for me on "Brain Spa" is the one with math, my lowest scores of all of them. Yet, if I play it consistently, I can see my scores inching up. I highly recommend this game. For real benefits, though, to see improvement rather than staying the same, you may, like me, need to play it at least every other day. In other words, I think of "Brain Spa" as part of my exercise regimen, just like getting on the stairmaster. My only criticism is that it is not available for the MAC. Hello out there - I have several more people I'd give this to as gifts if it were available for the MAC!
