4 applications with which you will have fun while you exercise your mind

Due to laziness or routine, we tend to neglect those factors that we consider less important but that, in reality, are decisive for being healthy, such as our mental health .

And it is that well -being not only depends on physical condition, but a balance between body and mind is necessary , so we cannot forget to exercise the latter from time to time.

A simple and fun option to carry out this task without any effort is mobile applications that, through games, help us exercise different mental abilities . Next, we present apps with which you can train your brain and improve skills such as attention , reasoning , problem solving or memory .

Lumosity

A team of neuroscientists has been in charge of developing this application, which has more than 25 small games and a training program designed to put the users' cognitive abilities to the test.

Areas such as memory, problem solving, attention, processing speed or mental flexibility can be exercised through the mini-games offered by Lumosity, which also adapt to the individual skill level of each one. The app works in a very simple way: after a first test session, the tool evaluates the presented mental agility and, according to this, offers a specialized program that will expose the user's brain to gradually more difficult challenges.

Lumosity has already been used by more than seventy million people from more than 182 countries. It is available for free on both Android and iOS and can also be accessed from its website.

Neurontin

According to its creators, Neurontin has been developed in collaboration with renowned neuroscientists and the challenges it poses are based on the latest research in this field. In the same way as Lumosity, users can practice their knowledge of arithmetic, their level of memorization, perception, reasoning, concentration, attention, etc. through a wide variety of exercises and a personalized training program.

The main added value of this app is that it offers the possibility of monitoring the results obtained through evolution graphs that, in addition, you can compare with other users who also use Neurontin.

The app is also available for free on Google Play and the Apple Store.

Rise up

Elevate is one of the most complete applications in the field of mental exercise. Like the previous ones, it has a multitude of mini -games designed in collaboration with experts in neuroscience with which the user can improve their reading speed, their concentration, their memory and even their mathematical skills. It also has a personalized evolution program.

The main attraction of Elevate is its specialization in the fields of language and mathematics, areas in which it allows you to develop multiple practical skills such as estimation, comparison of values, name recall or reading and listening comprehension.

The disadvantage? Despite being free and being able to access it from Google Play and the Apple Store, it is currently only available in English.

Memory trainer

The creators of Memory trainer claim that with just 10 minutes of daily training, the user will improve a multitude of skills such as attention, memory, mental speed...

The simplicity of this app is one of its main attractions, and it is that with only the four types of exercises available, the user can exercise different mental skills.

Like the others, it also has an exercise program that is divided into 20 levels of difficulty. The app recommends that you do one of them daily to notice the improvement.

As in the case of Elevate, at the moment Memory trainer is only available in English and for users of Android terminals. Of course, it is one of the best rated, it has four stars on Google Play and has almost five million installations.

In short, with applications like these you will be able to exercise your brain while having fun playing. The Romans already said it: Men’s sana in corpora sana! Don't forget that your mind, just like your body, needs to stay in shape.