My wife is a PhD in applied cognition (field of psychology), wrote her thesis on improvements in working memory and attention, and is working on an early-stage

My wife is a PhD in applied cognition (field of psychology), wrote her thesis on improvements in working memory and attention, and is working on an early-stage business around better brain coaching[1]. (More of a 1:1 model than a tech stack.) She has long stated that Lumosity is crap. For two three main reasons: 1. The "improvement" you see in playing Lumosity games is due to getting good at the game, not actually underlying improvements. 2. The games you do want to pursue need to to be strategic and challenge the mind. They need to be different, and involve complex scenarios. She likes Rise of Nations, by way of example. Flash minigames don't cut it (and neither do crosswords). 3. Brain games are 20% of a total set of activities that have an impact on brain health, the other 80% including physical exercise, diet, socialization, and lack of stress (mindfulness training helps here). Anyway, fascinating stuff, and glad Lumosity's "bad science" and false claims are coming to the fore. [1] http://brainevolved.com http://brainevolved.com