# Are there any PC programs/games like Brain Age?

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**Created:** [April 13, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-pc-programs-games-like-brain-age/445149 "2008-04-13T12:33:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-pc-programs-games-like-brain-age/445149/1 "2008-04-13T12:33:00Z")

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The concept of [Brain Age](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_age) sounds cool - an interactive way to give your brain a little workout and test it every day. But I have no intention of getting a Nintendo DS. So do they make anything like that for the PC? Is there a name for that genre/style of program?

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**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-pc-programs-games-like-brain-age/445149/2 "2008-04-13T17:38:13Z")

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Bah, soduko. I guess it trains the repetitious checking of rows and coloumns part of the brain.

A similar collection of games is on facebook, called “Who has the biggest brain”.

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**Author:** ![Lazlo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lazlo/32/9678_2.png) [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-pc-programs-games-like-brain-age/445149/3 "2008-04-13T20:02:00Z")

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I saw something similar to Brain Age in the PC games section at Best Buy a couple of days ago. Unfortunately I cannot remember the title. I tried making a Google search, but so far [this](http://www.braintrainage.com/) was the only thing that looked interesting.

If I see anything on the shelves soon, I’ll post back.