Brain Games

News

The Pentagon Wants To Build Better Soldiers With Video Games, Mind-Reading

12:00PM April 28, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

The Department of Defence is trying to train a better breed of soldier using video games – aka “simulations” – that monitor voice recognition, facial gestures and cognitive patterns through EEG scans, reports Wired. Hope for future video game controllers… [Wired]


In Real Life

Insurance Group Rides Shotgun With Driving Game

10:30AM July 23, 2009 | AJ Glasser

Remember that brain-training flash game that Allstate Insurance was looking into as a way to offer insurance discounts to drivers? Now the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is behind it, too. More »


News

Games For Cheaper Auto Insurance

10:20AM June 9, 2009 | AJ Glasser

Allstate Insurance and Posit Science, a San Francisco start-up, are looking into brain-training video games as a way to give drivers a discount on auto insurance. More »


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Empire Teams With Mensa For Real Brain Games

12:40AM February 12, 2009 | Mike Fahey

Dust off your thinking cap and prepare for some hyper-intelligent gaming, as Empire Interactive signs an exclusive game development deal with the world’s oldest high-IQ society, Mensa.

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