CogniFit - Mind Quizzes

Do You Know How Healthy Your Mind Is?

Changes in how many of us live and work have led to increases in obesity, heart disease, and many more physical issues—and people are beginning to see the damage these changes are causing.

There has been an explosion over the past few decades in people interested in staying physically fit and maintaining a healthy body. Americans spend nearly $30 billion on gym memberships each year. Globally, we spend nearly $5 billion on diet soda each year. Sales of supplements such as protein powder are expected to grow on average of 8% per year over the next decade.

But these same changes that have resulted in lower standards of physical health have also caused a deterioration in mental health and fitness as well. Constant stress and anxiety are becoming the norm. Our ability to focus and concentrate has been greatly affected by the always-on nature of smartphones and other devices. And, these problems are only exacerbated as we age.

It has become quite common today to think about our physical fitness—but when was the last time you considered you brain fitness?

What is a Mind Quiz?

Mind Quizzes are designed to evaluate our brain health and track the cognitive abilities we rely on most every day. These special cognitive assessments help promote active Brain Fitness routines by providing immediate, feedback and adapt to the level and needs of the individual, such as the Brain Fitness assessments offered by CogniFit.

These assessments evaluate the user based on hundreds of clinically-tested variables related to mental fitness and cognitive abilities to provide a complete, personalized results report that allows us to instantly see our Brain Fitness, ranked across the different skills and abilities, and track our progress over time.

In addition to the cognitive assessments, the CogniFit platform automatically creates personalized training routines based on each user and the level of each cognitive ability. These training sessions are presented in the form of engaging and interactive games, available online via computer, tablet, or mobile device, so they are available at any time.

What Cognitive Skills Can We Learn About from Mind Quizzes?

Mind Quizzes can help us to evaluate and track the most important cognitive skills we use every day. Cognitive skills are a set of higher-order thinking processes that allow us to reason, pay attention, learn, and remember. They are the skills we use to make sense of the world around us and complete tasks with problem-solving. Here are some examples of the cognitive abilities that can be assessed by Mind Quizzes:

• Memory:There are multiple types of memory, but working memory is one of the most crucial cognitive skills we use every day. Working memory is a form of short-term memory designed to temporarily hold the information we see and hear, allowing our brain to manipulate and work with it. Only a few pieces of information are stored in working memory at any given time. Remembering the digits of a phone number long enough to make a call is a prime example. Working memory is comparable to a mental sticky note. The process of working memory also assists in organizing information for long-term use if deemed important. When Brain Fitness declines, it can be more challenging to remember critical information.
• Processing Speed You easily visualize vivid representations as you conjure your inner thoughts, right? That is visual processing—the ability to think in images. Processing occurs with sound too. Auditory processing is blending and segmenting sound. Processing is also how we respond to the information we receive. A person who is cognitively healthy will be able to process information more quickly, for example, when a car enters your lane unexpectedly while driving. Processing speed is a vital cognitive skill for activities such as driving, cooking, or even walking.
• Response Time: Response time refers to the amount of time that passes between when we perceive something and respond to it. It is the ability to detect, process, and respond to a stimulus. Good response time allows us to be agile and efficient when it comes to responding to stimuli and situations like driving, having a conversation, playing sports, etc.
• Focused Attention: Attention describes the ability to selectively choose to focus on relevant stimuli in the environment and respond to it while intentionally ignoring irrelevant stimuli. The cognitive skill of focused attention relies on our level of alertness, the amount of time we can attend to a stimulus, and the ability to alternate attention between multiple stimuli. Success demands attention because you need to focus in order to create and attain your goals.

How Do We Use Mind Quizzes to Track Brain Fitness?

One of the most important things we must do whenever we start a new routine or training regimen is to develop a baseline to understand where we were when we started. Mind Quizzes are a useful tool for creating a baseline assessment of our Brain Fitness and cognitive health.

As we progress through a Mind Exercise routine, we can take additional Mind Quizzes at intervals to determine the progress that has been made and understand which areas might need additional work.

Similar to how we weigh ourselves before starting a diet as well as at regular intervals every few days or weeks, we can use Mind Quizzes to track our progress and see meaningful results over time.

What Benefits Do We Get from Keeping Track of Brain Fitness?

Keeping track of Brain Fitness with Mind Quizzes allows us to understand how our progress is developing. Since there are hundreds of factors that affect how well our physical or mental performance is at any given moment, taking a single measurement does not give us the full picture of our Brain Fitness.

By tracking multiple times over an extended period of time, we are able to see more meaningful progress, and as we look at the overall trends we begin to see a much more accurate picture of progress.