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• Training Your Brain with Brain Age
The key to training is sticking with it. This software was
designed to work your brain with simple math-related activities
and literature passages to read aloud. It will also be fun so you
can continue to use and enjoy it every day! The best time to do
this training is in the morning, when your brain is at its peak
level of activity. Take a moment from your free time each day to
complete your training.
Don't worry!
I'll be assisting with
your brain training.
I'm sure we'll work
well together!
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Modern Equipment Shows That Brain Training Works!
An imaging technology called near-infrared spectroscopy
(Figure 1) has allowed us to investigate the workings of the
prefrontal cortex in a person who is playing Brain Age. After
testing several dozen training programs, we have selected only
those that proved effective for activating the brain (Figure 2).
Figure 1
Measuring blood flow
in the brain.
How Is One's Brain Age Determined?
Chart 1
I took a sample set of 120 people from age
20 to 70 and broke them down into groups
of 20. I then evenly dispersed them by age
and adjusted their test results to find the
best fit in a distribution curve (Chart 1).
This is the curve used to calculate your
brain's age when you use Brain Age.
Figure 2
© 2006 Ryuta Kawashima
A three-dimensional image
produced during the examination.
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