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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.

Language is a primary and fundamental function of the brain. We use language so often to communicate and to survive that it is thought to be a "dominant" function related to the "dominant hemisphere". In most persons this is the left hemisphere.

Language is complex and includes expression, repetition, and comprehension. Language also involves "prosody" or the pitch and inflexion of the words. We use language when we listen, read, write, and sign. Our entire western civilization, if not the entire world, depends heavily on the use of language. A stroke of the dominant hemisphere can be damaging to the language system and cause significant problems for the victim.

Brain Games

The following games were designed to work on language.

	Wild Word Garden Wild Word Garden combines a variety of language skills into a colorful, garden-building brain game. You are a gardener that nurtures plants from seedlings into full, beautiful blooms. This diverse assortment of plants can be added to your very own garden plot, along with an assortment of special "Wild Card" decorations, including: Garden Gnomes, Pink Flamingos and Scarecrows. Well-groomed gardens with orderly rows of similar plants earn special bonuses. Good luck, and happy gardening.
	Super Word Scrapers Super Word Scrapers is a brain game that utilizes vocabulary and word fluency to strengthen your core language skills. Create words for every letter of the alphabet to fill an empty skyline with majestic skyscrapers that defy the very laws of gravity. Test and strengthen your language skills with a wide variety of quick word scrambles, tricky riddles, and other fun language activities found in the frequent "Super Word" challenges.
	Paradise Island Paradise Island is a collection of word-construction brain games set in a variety of beautiful tropical themes. You will alternate between syllable construction and letter/word building language activities while collecting exotic trinkets and rewards. Wouldn't you love to sip your favourite tropical drink on the white sand beach of your very own Paradise Island?