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Improve your brain power, mental health, learning and more (not simply IQ)

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There are a number of sites where you can "test" your brain power but the best that I have come across is Lumosity. Here are ten things that they claim:

10 Things You Should Know About Lumosity.com

  1. Lumosity.com has been shown to improve memory and attention in clinical trials.
  2. 98% of Lumosity.com subscribers say they would recommend us to others.
  3. Over 10 million people have joined Lumosity.com.
  4. Lumosity.com features over 30 brain games and exercises.
  5. Lumosity.com's training program only takes 10 minutes a day.
  6. People from over 180 countries have subscribed to Lumosity.com.
  7. Lumosity.com is the exclusive provider of healthy games for The New York Times.
  8. Lumosity.com costs less than a cup of coffee a day.
  9. Lumosity.com partners with healthcare providers and media outlets.
  10. Lumosity.com can change your life.

Designed by neuroscientists and based on extensive research, Lumosity's training program promotes cognitive health by selectively challenging cognitive faculties. They use the Brain Performance Index (BPI) to measureeach performance in a given cognitive function.

Lumosity improves brain health and mental functioning. Their brain training program selectively addresses five main brain areas: memory, attention, processing speed, flexibility and problem-solving skills. By focusing on all five, our training exercises steer you toward your peak performance. No matter what your age or educational background, Lumosity can help you stay mentally fit and at the top of your game.

You can use BPI to track your performance, and compare your ability in one cognitive area to another.  Overall BPI is your average BPI across each of the five cognitive areas: attention, memory, speed, flexibility and problem solving. This number provides a concise measure of your overall brain performance. If you are weak in one area, it will bring down your overall score, so it’s a good idea to focus on the games where you scores are lowest.

While there are paid accounts, you can open a full functioning free one by going to their website.  I highly recommend giving it a go. These are fun free and provide one place for an overall perpective on yur brain performance.

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ONe resource site that I like and have often mentioned in my blog is from the BBC Science: Human body and Mind.  One example of a memory test can be found here.  Check around there are lots more.

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Perhaps slightly more functional is Gild. Gild provides you with unique tools to certify your skills, find great jobs, and advance your career all while competing and sharing with friends and peers.

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WiZiQ helps you Learn and Teach Online.

 

These are just a few of many intersting sites.  Please share any others that you think are worth a visit.

Check Out People Maps

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I have been meaning to let you know about this site for sometime now. People Maps is a site for customised personality profiling.  I like their philosophy as can be seen in some of their videos and downloads.  Their particular tools are based on the work of Carl Jung.  The site is friendly, accessible and slick.  It has some great resources as well.

Another very nice feature if you like this sort of thing is that if you subscribe to their newsletter you will receive from PeopleMaps a free psychometric profile report to you courtesy of a wide range of sponsors.  They assure us that these will be absolutely free reports on everything from your personality and careers to dating, sports and even superheroes.  There will  be exclusive special offers and a range of articles digging deeper into the topics that have a direct impact on how you lead your life.  You don't have to do anything except  subscribe.

One of their divisions is Career Psychometrics and  they provided  quick short and free aseessments also based on the work of Carl Jung specifically geared to career development. They argue that career development planning begins with discovering what you were born to do. You need to know what you have a natural career aptitude for which is why you should complete this free personality test, sometimes referred to as a career aptitude test.

Here is the free widget that you too can put up on your own site or blog. Check it out.

Career Personality Test

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Color to Determine Personality Traits

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Boxmove I have known about the color quiz based in the work of Dr. Max Lascher  for a number of years.  This instrument is used worldwide, most notably
in Europe, by psychologists, doctors, government agencies, and universities to screen
their candidates. Since the 1950's the instrument has been given to hundreds of thousands
of people. 

Now psychiatry professor Lange has come along with something that looks very similar: Color Career Counselor.
While I tried to do the interactive test online, the two browsers I used: Firefox and Safari on Mac didn't want to give me my final results – nor did it send me the results when I gave my email.  It was rather disappointing but perhaps you might fair better.  Apparently, according to Inc. an analysis of some 900 CEOs' results shows they like magenta — and
are less dominant and confident than the rest of the population.

Career Path claims that their  Color Career Counselor
is the world's first non-language test to define occupational
interests. It uses color preference to determine successful career
paths. The test is based on the multi-patented Dewey Color System, which is the world's only scientifically validated color-based personality test – published in the North American Journal of Psychology. The Color Career Indicator 4.0, provided by Dewey Color System,
is an extensive evaluation that identifies "Your Most Fun Careers" from
among more than 1,000 occupations, with record-breaking accuracy. A
specific, ranked list of your top jobs is provided to you, along with
additional information to assist you in your career exploration.

Test color can generate over 50 million different answers, each one written by an artificial intelligence engine for every test. Our symbolical rules are in conformance with the Freudian topics and the C.G. Jung's typology.  They all have been validated by a group of 800 people and by over 1 800 000 on line tests.

For those with reading or language challenges this might be an option. I have no idea how valid these assessments are or if you will find them enlightening or just entertaining.  All the ones I have listed are free so there is little to loose.  I would recommend trying all of them yourself and doing some comparisons.  If you do not see some correlations or comparisons, I would suggest not using them. 

Your experiences would be appreciated in the comments.

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