Brain Workshop
Brain Workshop is an implementation of the Dual N-Back mental exercise. This exercise is a mental activity that has been scientifically shown to improve your working memory (short-term memory) and fluid intelligence. The game involves remembering a sequence of spoken letters and a sequence of positions of a square at the same time. Brain Workshop includes additional challenging game modes beyond Dual N-Back.
| Tags | Games/Entertainment Puzzle Games Scientific/Engineering Neuroscience education Computer Aided Instruction (CAI) |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux Mac OS X Windows Windows Windows Windows |
| Implementation | Python |
| Translations | English |
Recent releases
- 18 Jan 2009 09:16
Changes: This release fixes a few bugs and adds some new configuration options. Novice Mode was renamed to Jaeggi Mode. The data and res directories can now be specified on the command line using the --datadir and --resdir parameters.
- 15 Nov 2008 21:52
Changes: Variable n-back levels can be used with any game mode. Sounds for the auditory n-back task can be selected by pressing S. New Morse Code sounds can be used with any n-back mode.
- 09 Nov 2008 07:11
Changes: This release provides a new title screen. Launching in Novice Mode will no longer cause a crash. The date axis of the progress graph will no longer skip days, and data points are now indicated with a dot. The num pad should now work properly with Arithmetic N-Back modes. Difficulty of Dual Variable N-Back has been increased slightly.
- 02 Nov 2008 00:40
Changes: This release adds single n-back modes for younger children and those who may find dual n-back too challenging. It also adds a new challenge mode, Dual Variable N-Back. The configuration file is no longer included in the distribution, so your old settings won't get overwritten. OpenAL is now the default sound driver on Linux. (Try installing package python-openal if you're having sound problems.) The pyglet library no longer needs to be installed separately.
- 30 Oct 2008 05:53
Changes: This release fixes the level decrease threshold in Novice mode. A configuration option is now available to use the pre-4.1 flat squares. There are two changes to Novice Mode to eliminate the last of the differences compared to the original study protocol: exactly 6 position and 6 audio matches are now generated each session; and the score for the session is set as the lowest of the two individual modality scores (visual and audio).
