Attention and Concentration

The human brain is responsible for all behavior and we really do not understand how the brain works. However, behavioral and cognitive functions can be organized into five distinct domains to include: Attention and Concentration, Memory, Visuospatial Skill, Language and Executive Function.

The brain has the ability to focus and to process a stimulus on both a superficial and more deep level. The allocation of mental energy to process information is referred to as attention and concentration. The more deeply one attends to a particular stimulus the better the information will be encoded, understood, and retained.

Some suggest attention is primarily related to the frontal systems of the brain. However, attention is perhaps better considered a general brain function with multiple inputs from diverse regions. The brain stem is needed for basic arousal and ability to engage the cortex. Sensory systems across the cortex are then engaged and indeed the frontal system that may help to integrate and analyze the stimulus all are critical parts of attention.

Brain Games

The following games were designed to work on concentration.

Pandara's Boutique

Pandara's Boutique is a brain game designed to strengthen a variety of concentration skills through a series of reaction-based, seek-and-find activities. Join Pandara, the friendly shopkeeper at a thriving boutique that sells a wide variety of Asian trinkets. Use your attention and observation skills to help her locate unique, one-of-a-kind items and gather special Gold Tag inventory for the seasonal Blow Out Sale.

Street of Dreams

Street of Dreams blends attention and memory exercises into an increasingly-challenging, dream home building brain game. You are an up-and-coming architect, looking to become a world-renowned Dream Home Builder. You purchase land and construct homes, seeking to create a valuable "Street of Dreams". Building and selling premium homes earns you cash to build your very own Ultimate Dream Home.