Concentration
Escapa!
Escapa! is a brain-exercising game designed to improve concentration among players. The goal of this free, online game is to move a red square around without touching the walls or running into moving objects. As soon as the red square makes contact with something else, the game ends and the players are shown the amount of time they lasted.
Cognition
Online
Brain fitness
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Cognition
Escapa
Nervous system
Nintendo
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Happy Neuron Attention Games: Catch the Ladybug!, Secret Files, Ancient Writing, Dance with the Fireflies, Find Your Way, Pay Attention, Private Eye
This web-based collection of brain training games and exercises was developed to improve and strengthen players’ concentration and ability to focus and give attention.
Cognition
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Brain fitness
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Cognition
Cognitive neuroscience
Cognitive science
Nervous system
Neuropsychology
Technology
Video games
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Hit the Dot
Hit the Dot is a free, online, brain training game designed to sharpen and improve players’ concentration and attention. The goal is to click on the black dots when they appear in white circles. For every black dot hit, the player receives one point. Missing a black dot results in the loss of a point.
Cognition
Online
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Central nervous system
Structure
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Inside and Outside
Inside and Outside is a web-based matching game that requires players to match the big picture in the middle of the screen with one of the smaller pictures that appear around the perimeter. This game is designed to test players’ ability to concentrate and focus their attention.
Cognition
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Seniors
Technology
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Lost in Migration
Lost in Migration is a brain training game intended to strengthen concentration and reaction time by improving players’ cognitive control. Players are shown a pack of black birds that are all facing the same way except for one. Using the arrow keys, players must quickly choose the direction that the opposite bird is facing.
Cognition
Online
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
Brain fitness
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Cognition
Lumosity
Nervous system
Neurology
Nintendo
Technology
Touch! Generations
Video games
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Vertigo
This strategy game for the Nintendo Wii and PC tests players’ concentration skills, precision control, and reflexes while they race through obstacles in treacherous environments. Players must roll their way through numerous challenges across several unique worlds.
Puzzle
Strategy
Computer architecture
Computing
Nintendo
Playlogic Entertainment
Technology
Vertigo
Video games
Wii
Game Console
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Lumosity Brain Games
This collection of web-based brain training exercises and activities is designed to improve multiple areas of cognition. Players can choose from a variety of games that focus on concentration, memory, attention, and more.
Cognition
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Cognition
Cognitive neuroscience
Lumosity
Nervous system
Neurology
Nintendo
Technology
Touch! Generations
Video games
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Super Monkey Ball Adventure
Super Monkey Ball: Adventure requires players to control a monkey inside a ball while traveling through narrow and treacherous obstacle courses. The goal is to maintain control over the monkey, collect bananas, and not fall off the side. Players must use balance and concentration skills to successfully complete each level and advance through the game. This game is available for the Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation2, and PSP.
Entertainment
History of video games
Nintendo GameCube
Sega
Super Monkey Ball
Super Monkey Ball Jr.
Super Monkey Ball Touch & Roll
Technology
Video games
Windows games
Handheld Device
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Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
In Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz, players control a monkey inside a ball while traveling through narrow and dangerous obstacle courses. The goal is to maintain control over the monkey and make it to the end of the level without falling off the side. The game offers four monkey characters to choose from and includes dozens of mini-games that can be played with others. This is a game for the Nintendo Wii.
Entertainment
Games
Sega
Sega games
Super Monkey Ball
Super Monkey Ball Jr.
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz
Technology
Toshihiro Nagoshi
Video game developers
Video games
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Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and video games: A comparative study of hyperactive and control children
Bioulac, S., Arfi, L., & Bouvard, M. P. (2008). Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and video games: A comparative study of hyperactive and control children. European Psychiatry, 23(2), 134-141.
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Pre-Teens
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