Tips and Tricks for Brain Challenge

Brain Challenge is not only fun & challenging, it is also VERY helpful for medical reasons!

As a post-stroke survivor, this game was extremely helpful in training my brain to work around my brain-damaged areas, retrain my brain, and improve my cognitive skills (reasoning, memory, coordination, math, etc.).

At the start of the BC game you see the comment that most people only use 10% of their brains. After my 2nd stroke my first results showed only 2%. I practiced several times a day for months. Over time my brain statistics rose to 6%, I will never have the brain capacity I used to have, but with games like these I can continually challenge myself.

I was also diagnosed with Vascular (stroke-related) Dementia. This brain game is great therapy for this problem as well, as it helps keep my brain active and may even slow down the progression of my memory loss.

How about it, Big Fish, will we see more "brain" games? Perhaps a Brain Challenge II ?

My neurologist is impressed at my steady improvement and is now recommending this and other "therapy" games to other patients.

Anyone else using Big Fish Games for this purpose???

Not necessarily Big Fish games, but my grandfather started getting dementia after recovering fully from his stroke, which was a sad surprise for all of us. I got him his first computer for his 80th birthday and he really enjoys playing games on it and I think it is keeping him as sharp as possible for as long as possible. You might want to have a look at some of the earlier, simpler Hidden Object games, or select a solitaire game you like (again the older ones tend to be simpler).

Please, PLEASE understand that I do not in any way try to imply anything negative about you here. Not only has my grandfather had the difficulties I mentioned, but I also assisted my mother in regaining some lost ability after she suffered hypoxia. (I played word and memory games with her) In both cases I found that starting slow, simple and (to the extent possible) frustration-free was best.