Here’s something you probably noticed: we have updated the BrainHQ training page! Instead of seeing a screen similar to this: You will see something more like this: The changes are mostly cosmetic–when you go to use BrainHQ, it should be easy to navigate as you did before. So why did we make this change? First,…
If you train in individual exercises (instead of following the Personal Trainer), one of the ways to keep track of your performance is with medals. You can earn bronze, silver, and gold medals in each stage of each exercise. Previously, this feature only appeared on the screens where you select an exercise level for training.…
Happy New Year! By now, most of us are settling into 2022 and thinking about the year ahead of us—and what we can do to make the best of it. Many of us are having a tough start to the year. We’re entering the twentieth month of the COVID crisis. The winter omicron variant surge…
In BrainHQ, there are many ways to track your progress. For people who like details, the existing features can be very useful. You can learn all about how many levels you have completed in an exercise, how many stars you have earned in each level, and how you compare to others on the progress page.…
BrainHQ is an evidence-based brain training program. That means that it has been used in many gold-standard clinical trials – and been proven to help people think faster, focus better, and remember more (you can have a look at our science results page here). However, most of these clinical trials have been conducted in healthy…
Recently, we made some significant improvements to the BrainHQ Android app! We added a “reminders” feature, so users can get messages sent via email, text, or mobile alert on the days and times of their choosing, just as they can on the website. Also, for those who like to choose their own exercises when they…
We’ve all had the experience of our minds getting a bit stuck on a topic – chewing it over, turning it over, and unable to let it go. Psychologists call this process “ruminating” – and while it can be helpful for a short period of time if all this thinking gives us a new perspective…
We’re planning an update to the web version of BrainHQ that will have new ways to view your progress! You’ll find it easier to track your stars in each brain training category, your “best moments,” the levels you have completed, and more. When you complete a session in the personal trainer, you’ll see something like…
Some new BrainHQ study related news. Researchers at the University South Florida in Tampa have received a $44.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the Preventing Alzheimer’s with Cognitive Training (PACT) Study. This new grant furthers prior research, published as findings of the ACTIVE Study in 2017, that showed a small…
BrainHQ is proud to be a part of a new study sponsored by the Canadian Down Syndrome Society (CDSS). The study will examine the impact of physical and brain training on cognitive and physical performance in people with Down syndrome. As our CEO Dr. Henry Mahncke said, we think it’s important that this study “directly…