@Lumosity

Lumosity is a leading brain training app, with brain games to train memory, attention, problem-solving and more.

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Joined May 2008
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🧠 It’s #NationalTrainYourBrainDay! We joined DaytimeTV to talk about brain training for everyone. Watch the segment: wfla.com/daytime/brain-train…
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For 20+ years, Lumosity has partnered with researchers to advance cognitive science. Now, we’re expanding access to our research capabilities across academia, healthcare, biotech, pharma, and beyond. Introducing the Lumosity Research Platform: lumosity.com/en/press/lumosi…
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Exciting news: Lumosity is Apple's App of the Day! A huge thank you to @Apple and @AppStore for the feature. And 👋 to everyone checking out Lumosity today! apps.apple.com/us/story/id12… #AppOfTheDay #Lumosity #OnTheAppStore
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Exciting news from our own @paulijaff. The scale and diversity of this dataset provides an unprecedented opportunity for researchers to investigate population-level variability in cognitive abilities and their relation to demographic factors.
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What does progress in a Lumosity game typically look like? Should you expect to improve steadily? How do you break through when scores are plateauing? Research using Lumosity may give us some clues, check out the latest blog to learn more!

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Awesome research from @paulijaffe and @bobjschaf, who are on our research team!
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Is a brain required for cognition? Can a plant think? Read about the debate and let us know your thoughts! lumosity.com/en/blog/can-the…

Can there be thought without a brain?

We’ve all seen plants that grow towards a light source, from trees that seem determined to rise above the foliage around them, to the spindly succulents of college dorm rooms. Other plants, like...

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How might you describe your core self? We change throughout our lives, and it can be hard to describe or pinpoint a central essence that remains the same. Nevertheless, we usually know when we don’t “feel like ourselves.” lumosity.com/en/blog/dissoci…

Dissociation and the self: What part of the brain makes you, you?

Dissociation is the state of failing to recognize your current or former self. A certain level of dissociation is an everyday event: We often step out of our immediate environment or consciousness...

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A positive mindset + planning for failure = resolution success. Read to learn more: bit.ly/LumosResolution
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Learn how animals in groups think as one, and find out if YOU can distinguish the group behavior of army ants from that of viking hordes! lumosity.com/en/blog/the-won…

Can many brains think as one? The wonders of collective intelligence.

Groups of ants and groups of humans don’t behave all that differently, despite being on opposite ends of the evolutionary tree. As Jurgen Kurths of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research...

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New research suggests that how people adapt to new situations and solve novel problems is partially dependent on where they live. Read below to find out how Lumosity data helped researchers understand why population density relates to how we learn! lumosity.com/en/blog/how-cit…

Why workers in cities may be more productive

“Workers are more productive in large cities” (Bacolod et al., 2020). This has been well established for years, but the reasons behind the phenomenon remain a bit of a chicken-or-egg question: Does...

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Which animal has the best sense of smell? Is it you? Read our blog to learn more about whether smell is more important than we might think, and which of us animals is the best smeller of all. bit.ly/HumanSmell
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You've already been training your memory with us... Keen to show off your skills? We encourage you to sign up to participate in the annual USA Memory Championship! lumosity.com/en/blog/2020-us…

It's Almost Time for the Lumosity-Sponsored USA Memory Championship

Keen to show off your memory skills? Or are you a dyed-in-the-wool competitor? Whatever your motivation, we encourage you to sign up to participate in the annual USA Memory Championship, taking place...

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Can the foods you eat impact how you think? Read our blog to learn how your diet affects your brain, not just your body. lumosity.com/en/blog/can-the…

Can the foods you eat impact how you think?

We tend to think of foods’ impact on our bodies, not our minds. After all, we can see our bodies and the changes that they undergo as our diets change. But the food you consume can alter your immune...

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Learn about how drugs become listed as Schedule 1 and why FDA-approved preliminary trials suggest that some drugs in that category may hold the key to combating diseases like treatment resistant depression and PTSD. lumosity.com/en/blog/from-ra…

From Rave Culture to Rx: Schedule 1 Drugs' Therapeutic Potential

The history of psychoactive drugs in the United States is a complicated one. LSD, for instance, was originally used in a medical context in the 1950s, and shortly thereafter in secret experiments on...

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How smart is your dog? Is it smarter than a crow? How exactly do scientists measure animal intelligence? Learn more in our latest blog post. lumosity.com/en/blog/the-man…

The many forms of animal intelligence

Non-mammalian brains can be hard to decipher, not only because they are structured differently, but also because it’s difficult to conceive of intelligence that doesn’t look like our own. Indeed, a...

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Right now, we’re looking for good news wherever we can find it, and we’re happy to report that the brain functions better in summer and fall than in winter and spring! Learn more in our new blog post. lumosity.com/en/blog/how-the…

How the seasons affect our brains

While the notion that celestial bodies affect our personalities and human affairs has no scientific basis, the planet’s orientation toward the sun does. Another way of putting it? Astrology isn’t...

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Is Dad a better navigator because he never asks directions? Is Dad actually a better navigator at all? Learn about sex differences in spatial awareness and more in our latest blog. lumosity.com/en/blog/how-do-…
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CO2 levels were down 17% in May, due to quarantine. Read to find out how this could be beneficial for you and your ability to do complex cognitive tasks! lumosity.com/en/blog/what-we…
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Just so you know where we stand…
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