Memory Games for Adults

Memory games for adults are designed to help improve your ability to remember people, places and events through a variety of mnemonic and repetition-based exercises. While some degenerative brain diseases and disorders cannot be remedied through memory games and exercises, they will help you keep your mind strong with respect to basic aging and the slowing of new synaptic connections in the brain.
  1. 60 Second Brain Game

    • This minute-long online brain game is designed to help you identify corresponding sounds and shapes. This game will strengthen connections in your brain, indirectly improving your memory. For 60 seconds, a series of symbols will be presented to you in conjunction with a number. If the number spoken matches the number of symbols on the screen, you must hit the space bar. If there is no correspondence you do nothing. As you improve, the game will increase in speed, forcing you to make faster decisions until the end of the game.

    Simon Says

    • This memory game is designed to test your ability to remember patterns and corresponding colors. Take out a a physical Simon toy or play online at Brainist.com. From here, imitate the pattern created by the toy with respect to the colors and lights it emanates. As you improve, the patterns will get longer and more complex. Continue to play until you make a mistake. Playing the game several times a day will help improve your memory.

    The "Bad' Memory Game

    • This game is designed to test your memory by forcing you to match corresponding cards from a series of cards. This game can be played online or in real life. If you are playing online, there will be 20 cards facing away from you. From here, flip two cards up at a time and try to remember the images on the cards. Flip the cards back over and flip over another two cards. If you see a card that corresponded to a prior card, then flip the two cards over that have the same image on it. Continue to play until all the cards are flipped over.

    Reading Memory Game

    • This game can be played with any book or article that you're reading. Start by reading one sentence and internalizing it. From there, read the line out loud twice in a row. Then, recite it from memory. As you improve, add sentences to your memory until you have memorized an entire paragraph. Performing this with every text you read. Doing this on a regular basis will help keep your memory sharp and stable.

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