The Brain Game Center for Mental Fitness and Well-Being
Advancing the understanding of brain health through interactive technologies
The Brain Game Center for Mental Fitness and Well-Being designs interactive experiences for diverse populations to transform how we think about mental fitness and well-being.
A cross-disciplinary team devoted to improving lives across all age groups
Our team conducts groundbreaking research, rigorous testing, and widespread distribution of scientifically refined software to help numerous people address their cognitive needs and reach their cognitive goals.
Pairing interdisciplinary research with interactive experiences
Our mission is to research, test, and disseminate evidence-based, scientifically optimized applications to benefit real-life cognitive challenges—from how we see and hear, to our abilities to focus and remember, to how we make decisions, to how we learn and successfully tackle everyday problems.
Do ‘brain training’ apps work? Northeastern scientists will test unique interventions for adolescents with ADHD
Do these apps work? It depends, say Susanne Jaeggi and Aaron Seitz, professors of psychology at Northeastern University, who have been working together for almost 10 years on ways to assess and improve people’s memory and attention functions with games.
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Connections and Wordle games from the New York Times are wildly popular. Can they improve cognitive function as you age?
They prompt people to think in new ways, but they’re not necessarily improving people’s brain health, says Susanne Jaeggi, a professor with the Center for Cognitive and Brain Health at Northeastern University.
Can exercising the mind improve our abilities, or is it just another self-improvement fantasy?
Can exercising the mind improve our abilities, or is it just another self-improvement fantasy?
Brain training: Of course we can optimize our brain! | NZZ
Today, computer games are often touted as “brain training”. Anyone who uses them needs their memory and their ability to react.
Podcast: Make your brain smarter and faster with brain training. Dr Susanne Jaeggi, world expert, citizen science project
Susanne M. Jaeggi, Ph.D discusses how working memory is an essential system that underlies the performance of virtually all complex cognitive activities.
If you think your preparation will help you later, you will probably be right, a new study says
Can thinking that you can get up the hill actually get you up the hill?
It just might, according to a new study.
Podcast: This is Your Brain with Dr. Phil Stieg
Does "brain training" work? Dr. Susanne Jaeggi and Dr. Aaron Seitz are experts who are developing and studying brain apps in a nationwide study of their effectiveness.