cognitive games
Exercises for thinking
Mental activities or puzzles designed to exercise thinking skills—memory, problem-solving, attention, reasoning.
The term covers everything from crossword puzzles to brain-training apps that claim to sharpen mental acuity: She does cognitive games on her phone during her commute.
Whether such games actually improve general intelligence remains debated, but they're marketed heavily to aging populations worried about cognitive decline.
- brain trainingMental acuity development
- SudokuLogic grid puzzle
- flashcardsPaper memorization tools
- crossword puzzlesClued intersecting word grids
- word searchHidden vocabulary grid puzzle
trivia quizzes · chess · word association · tangrams · jigsaw puzzles · riddles · lateral thinking · memory palaces · whack-a-mole · escape rooms · brain teasers · Wordle · logic puzzles · problem solving · critical thinking · Go · mental math · spot the difference
- brain gamesbrainteasers, brain teasers, logic puzzles, puzzles, crossword puzzles
- brain teasersriddle, brain teaser, logic puzzles, puzzle, brainteasers
- memory trainingmemory match, memory palace, memorization, mnemonics, card matching
- accessible learninglearning aids, braille books, large print, reading aids, visual aids
- adaptive playsensory toys, sensory play
- elder caresenior care, aged care, elderly care, gerontologist, geriatrician
cognitive gamesbinge-watching
Rapid consecutive episode viewing
channel surfing · zoning out · vegging out · background TV · doom scrolling
cognitive gamessports
Competitive physical activities
physical exercise · physical training · manual labor · bodywork · cardio
cognitive gamesgames of chance
Contests determined by randomness
gambling · slot machines · lottery · roulette · dice games
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