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3 unusual facts about Brain Age


Stroop effect

The Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! software program, produced by Ryūta Kawashima for the Nintendo DS portable video game system, contains an automated Stroop Test administrator module, translated into game form.

Tohoku University

Ryuta Kawashima (川島 隆太), neuroscientist, currently resident professor, the supervisor of Nintendo DS gamesofts; "Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!" and "Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old is Your Brain?"

Touch! Generations

In North America, Brain Age launched on April 17, 2006, but the Touch!


Minna de Kitaeru Zenno Training

This game, like Brain Age, was supervised by Professor Ryuta Kawashima of Tohoku University.


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Brain Age Express

Kawamoto flew to Sendai, Japan to ask Dr. Ryuta Kawashima, the inspiration for the Brain Age series, to ask if this would be all right.

Due to complications between Shigeru Miyamoto, a key developer of Nintendo, and Iwata, the developers were having a difficult time getting started with Brain Age Express.

Brain Age series

The Brain Age games are educational titles for the Nintendo DS.

Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day

Unlike the Brain Age series, where the face of creator Ryuta Kawashima prominently appears in the game, Ishigaki's face does not appear in Flash Focus.