More Games that Benefit the Brain: A Review

Posted by Erica Warren on Dec 06, 2021

If you have been reading my blogs, you know I'm a big fan of bringing the fun factor into learning. In fact, did you know that many games can improve cognitive functioning?

Educational board and card games that support executive functioning, language skills, visual processing, and cognitive flexibility, featured in a brain-based learning review.

Some Games Exercise and Strengthen the Brain

Kids love to play card and board games, and there are quite a few that exercise and strengthen the brain. Games that require players to use their memory, attention, planning abilities, and visualization skills can help to improve working memory and executive functions at large. Other games that require one to process visual information can help to develop visual processing and spatial skills. Finally, there are language-loaded and categorization games that can help to improve verbal reasoning and auditory processing abilities, just to name a few.

E-FUN executive functioning games for groups and classes, showing students and teachers engaged in collaborative activities that build attention, self-regulation, and teamwork.

18 Games That Exercise the Brain

In a prior blog, I reviewed 18 games that can benefit cognition, and I wanted to add a few more to the list:

GAME:

COGNITIVE BENEFITS

WHERE TO PURCHASE

Rat-A-Tat-Cat:

· Visual Processing

· Visual Memory

· Planning

· Attention

· Working Memory

http://amzn.to/2gbbiAB

Q-Bits – Extreme:

· Visual Processing

· Spatial Relations

· Speed of Processing

· Attention to Detail

· Mental Flexibility

· Executive Functioning

· Perceptual Reasoning

http://amzn.to/2fQJULl

The Main I-deer:

· Simultaneous Processing

· Linguistic Skills

· Categorizing

· Verbal Reasoning

· Attention

https://goo.gl/iza7Hz

Grammar Games Galore:

· Linguistic Skills

· Categorizing

· Processing Speed

· Verbal Reasoning

https://goo.gl/iHKkms

Duple:

· Visual Processing

· Word Finding

· Processing Speed

· Hemisphere Integration

· Attention to Details

· Attention

http://amzn.to/2fQJULl

Stare:

· Visual Memory

· Speed of Processing

· Metacognitive Skills

· Attention to Details

http://amzn.to/2xYL8tZ

Color Code:

· Visual Processing

· Nonverbal Reasoning

· Spatial Relations

· Planning

· Perceptual Reasoning

https://amzn.to/3DyGxNR

No Speed Limit:

· Processing Speed

· Visual Processing

· Visual Memory

· Executive Functioning

· Perceptual Reasoning

https://amzn.to/3y2OsBD

Qwitch:

· Mental Flexibility

· Sequential Processing

· Speed of Processing

· Working Memory

· Hemisphere Integration

http://amzn.to/2xYN59J

Anomia:

· Word Finding

· Processing Speed

· Hemisphere Integration

· Attention to Details

http://amzn.to/2xhf8mk

5 Ws Detectives

· Word Finding

· Processing Speed

· Written Language

· Attention to Details

https://goo.gl/iBq21E

I hope you found this helpful. Remember, I also reviewed 18 other games in a prior post.

Cheers, Erica

Dr. Erica Warren is the author, illustrator, and publisher of multisensory educational materials at Good Sensory Learning. She is also the director of Learning to Learn and Learning Specialist Courses.

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