MODEL- NTRPANDE           VENDOR- NINTENDO

FEATURES- Brain Age DS
       Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day for Nintendo DS is a
        fun, rewarding form of entertainment everyone can enjoy, as it
        helps players flex their mental muscles. Brain Age is inspired by
        the research of Professor Ryuta Kawashima, a prominent Japanese
        neuroscientist. His studies evaluated the impact of performing
        certain reading and mathematic exercises to help stimulate the
        brain.
       Brain Age presents quick mental activities that help keep your DS
        brain in shape. Activities include quickly solving simple math
        problems, counting people going in and out of a house
        simultaneously, drawing pictures on the Touch Screen, reading
        classic literature out loud, and more. You can also play sudoku,
        the number puzzle game which has become an extremely popular
        feature in U.S. newspapers.
       On your first day of exercise, you will take a series of tests and
        get a score that determines how old your brain is. This number is
        called your "DS Brain Age". By performing daily exercises just
        minutes a day over weeks and months, the better you will get at the
        exercises and the lower your DS Brain Age will become.
       We all know as we grow older our bodies change and it becomes
        important to regularly exercise to maintain health and fitness. Our
        brain is no different. "Use it or lose it," as the adage goes. New
        research indicates mental acuity may be strengthened, like muscles,
        with brain exercises.
       Dr. Elizabeth Zelinski, dean and executive director of University of
        Southern California s Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, says
        games like Brain Age can help keep older generations of Americans
        minds active. "Americans can do a great deal to maintain and even
        improve their mental abilities," Zelinski explains. "Aging is about
        taking on new challenges for our minds. Nintendo s Brain Age is a
        great way to do that."
       That is where Brain Age comes in.
       The Brain Age exercises are designed to stimulate your brain.
        Solving simple math and logic problems quickly, and reading aloud,
        have been proven to be effective methods of achieving this goal.
       The distinctive Nintendo DS Touch Screen lets users write their
        answers with a Stylus pen, just as though they were writing on
        paper or using a Personal Digital Assistant or "PDA". Furthermore,
        the Nintendo DS's voice input identifies particular words you will
        speak during the Stroop Test.
       Brain Age tracks your progression through each exercise with easy-
        to-read line charts. Consistently using Brain Age each day will
        open new exercises to test your ability.
       Baby Boomers and test-prepping school kids alike want to challenge
        themselves and find ways to stay sharp. Brain Age acts like a
        treadmill for the mind. With the simplicity of the Nintendo DS, and
        Brain Age's challenging and rewarding exercises, everyone can
        stimulate their DS brain, improving speed and accuracy of their
        game play.

  -- SPECIFICATIONs ---------------------------------------
ESRB Rating       : E for Everyone
Genre/Category    : Puzzle
System            : Nintendo DS
Number of Players : 1 ~ 16
On-Line Compatible: No
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