Strong Mind Mazes vs GreenRed

Clinical-grade brain training built on 40 years of cognitive neuroscience. Used by Dr. Donalee Markus with concussion and traumatic brain injury patients, NASA scientists, and corporate executives since 2003. Strong Mind Mazes is not a casual puzzle game. It is a hierarchical cognitive-restructuring exercise designed to engage neuroplasticity through deliberate, progressive challenge. The same approach featured in Clark Elliott's "The Ghost in My Brain." WHAT IT TRAINS • Concentration and sustained attention • Working memory and mental manipulation • Multi-variable problem solving • Reduced impulsivity through deliberate planning • Carryover skills that translate to daily life THE PROGRAM • 5 hierarchical difficulty levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Accelerated, Advanced, and Expert • Over 1,000,000 maze variations for ample rehearsal • A wide palette of colors, patterns, and graphics that promote engagement without overstimulation WHO IT'S FOR • Concussion and post-concussion recovery • Traumatic brain injury (TBI) rehabilitation • Stroke recovery • Adults seeking cognitive maintenance and resilience • Executives, professionals, and athletes wanting a sharper edge • Used by clinicians as an adjunct to standard rehabilitation THE SCIENCE Effective problem-solving and decision-making are based, at least in part, on the number of variables a problem solver can evaluate at once. With deliberate rehearsal, individuals can learn to increase that number — reducing impulsivity and developing the mental filter that supports planning before acting. This is built on a neurocognitive model emphasizing Attention, Intention, and Rehearsal — three pillars drawn from Dr. Markus's clinical practice and from her post-doctoral training under Reuven Feuerstein, the father of teachable intelligence. ABOUT THE DEVELOPER Dr. Donalee Markus earned her Ph.D. at Northwestern University in 1983 and has been in clinical practice in cognitive restructuring ever since. Her work has been featured in Psychology Today, in Clark Elliott's book "The Ghost in My Brain," and in peer-reviewed publication in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America. Institutional clients include NASA, the U.S. Federal Court System, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.

GreenRed is based on a cognitive phenomenon called Stroop effect. In layman’s terms this means that when people are asked to name shown colors, if linguistic and visual input are not aligned, naming the colors takes longer. In GreenRed game you are shown colored words. Basically these are color names printed with different colors. Your task is to name the print color as fast as possible by tapping a button which has the correct color name as the title. The color names and print colors can be mismatched, meaning that for example color name “Green” can be printed in red color. After each game session you are offered feedback of that session. The game displays a reaction time graph, some statistics of the session, as well as some guidance to improve your results. GreenRed game allows you to customize the gaming experience. You can choose different length for your game sessions, from 10 seconds up to two minutes. If staying focused on the game during longer session feels too hard, you can shorten the session length and build your concentration from ground up. You can also change the color palette used in the game. The default colors are red and green, but there are also number of other color options available. For example color blind people might prefer playing the game with color pairs like blue-orange or blue-red. Let us know if you want to have different color options available. For multilingual users the game offers possibilities to play the game using one the six available languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish and Finnish). You can try if your cognition is faster in your native tongue than with your secondary languages. And why not try learning color names in a new language? You might find that you are faster when using a language you are not familiar with! To allow you to keep track of your progress, the game saves your high scores for each language and session length. Happy playing!