Product Description

Train your brain and keep it razor sharp with five fitness exercises and The Memory Bible. 5 electronic "Brain Games" Includes Sequence, Thinkfast, Flash Card, Word Hunt and Word Recall Includes bestselling book, The Memory Bible Book includes tips on lifestyle choices to build brain fitness Developed by Dr. Gary Small, Director of the UCLA Center on Aging and the Semel Institute Memory Research Center Easy interface Large screen for easy reading Publication date: September 2003 Learn an innovative strategy for keeping your brain young.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29018 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Radica
• Model: L7291

Features

• 5 Different Brain Games
• Improve your memory
• Track your progress
• Comes with the best selling book by Dr Small - The Memory Bible
• Big screen play with proven Radica interface

From the Manufacturer
Brain Games - A regular routine of these 5 "brain aerobics" will help you cross train your brain. Based on the work of Dr. Gary Small, Director of the UCLA Center on Aging, these simple exercises will keep your brain in shape and your mind sharp!

Customer Reviews

Flawed word hunt and hard to use
I bought this game as a Christmas gift for my fiance and it seemed like a good buy. After playing the game, I'm not as impressed as I could have been.

Wordhunt flawed:
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The computer comes with a 'wordhunt' exercise in which the computer gives you a series of letters such as BEEPS. From these five letters you are to rearrange any combination of them into words. The computer will give you the number of valid words to find (in this example it was 7). However, it doesn't work. I even went so far as to go to a scrabble web-site and check my work. There are only 10 words possible from these letters. The computer didn't recognize BE as a word. I tried every one of those 10 words and only 4 were recognized by the computer. When given AGATE, the computer said there were 8 words that could be made from this. AGATE (a stone) wasn't recognized. When given TELEX, neither TEEL nor LEET were recognized as valid words. Ultimately, this wordhunt is a mind reading game. You have to guess which words the computer knows and doesn't know. As for the person who complained about the word *ITCH showing up, I'm surprised it even knew that one.

Buttons difficult to use:
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The buttons are small and difficult to use. They are not labels, but are meant to correspond to letters or numbers on the screen. It takes quite a bit of getting used to.

Flashcard is fun:
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As of this writing, I'm studying for the GMAT and this flashcard game is great for sharpening my basic math skills. As you attempt higher levels, the complexity increases and you have less time to solve the problem. Eventually, you develop a knee-jerk correct response to the basic math that can trip you up on the GMAT's quantitative portion.

Overview:
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Except for the weak word problems and the buttons, this toy may be helpful to keep the mind sharp, but it has much room for improvement.

Great, except for Word Hunt
Overall, this is very good. Especially with the included book. I can't give it 5 stars though because I feel that the timing is to fast (e.g. Flash Card) on Level 1 difficulty unless you're already a math wiz. And Word Hunt needs a bigger vocabulary. 2-letter words are not accepted such as it, up, is, etc. Also it knows that tim is a word but not tom. Can anyone really make 33 other words out of "kirtle" with limitations like that? It gets frustrating. My scores in Testing Mode will be low due to their poor programming! But use it for what it is, along with other exercises and read the book.

Inappropriate words!
I bought this game for my kids because I had heard good things about it. It is too difficult for my 9 year old son. When my 10 1/2 year old daughter played it she got to the Word Hunt and was given the dirty word "*itch" and it wasn't witch. I called the company and they just want me to send it back and they'll give me a voucher for a new one! I enjoy playing it, but who knows what other words are going to come up. Definitely inappropriate for children.