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Visual Brainstorms – Game Review

Visual Brainstorms: The Smart Thinking Game comes with 100 sturdy over-sized playing cards. The cards are color coded for easy, hard, and extra hard questions. Some of the cards have bonus questions. Harder questions are awarded more points. Some have “visual” bonus questions that you can only answer by having paid close attention to the card before you flipped it over for the answer. This game can be played several ways. I like that it’s so flexible for rules and time limits. You can play as teams, or with one or two players. If you play as teams you can … Continue reading →

Does a Brain Good

I’ve talked about this before, but there’s a new study that was released by the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (try saying that five times fast) that states older Americans may be able to improve their memory through physical fitness, stress reduction and healthy eating. It’s more than just physical exercise though; mental exercise can help stimulate creative and mental functions as well. A healthy mind resides in a healthy body, but an exercised mind is a strong and flexible one. Some great ways to do your brain good include: Brainteasers Crossword Puzzles Memory Exercises Word games You should increase your … Continue reading →