by CogniFit – General
What makes CogniFit products stand out?
Only CogniFit personalized brain fitness products begin with a valid baseline assessment of your cognitive skills. We focus on the cognitive skills that are most susceptible to aging. As a result, CogniFit products are highly personalized to fit the user’s needs. No two users’ training regimens are the same. Once training begins, the program tracks the user’s performance, making real time adjustments to ensure that the program is neither too difficult nor too easy; it is always challenging and engaging.
How much time do users need to devote to the program for it to be effective?
We recommend users engage in training sessions every other day, giving the brain an opportunity to rest in between. However, the program allows users to choose their own pace, and users may practice the tasks from their “task pool” at any time. Each session is about 20 minutes in length.
How much improvement can I expect from using the CogniFit products?
While each user is unique, over 99% of the people who complete an 8-week cycle of CogniFit personalized training experience a significant improvement across most cognitive skills. Those who stay with the program for three cycles have shown an improvement of over 40% in certain skills.
Are there still benefits if the user doesn’t take sessions at the recommended pace of three times per week?
Doing something is always better than doing nothing. Any amount of activity with CogniFit brain training programs is beneficial to cognitive improvement.
Can users do more than one session per day?
Users have the option to choose their own pace, but at the end of a session the user’s personal coach will recommend a date for the next session. Users can also practice tasks that are in their “task pool” at any time.
Research has shown that the best results occur with some “resting” time in between sessions so the brain can organize the learning. For this reason, the personal coach recommends that users schedule some time in between sessions.
Do users have to perform sessions at the same time each day for consistent results?
No. Although the user’s best performance occurs when they are fresh and rested, the CogniFit personal training program will adjust to the user’s performance level throughout each session.
Is there a limit to how much improvement users will see over time using the CogniFit products?
Based on studies performed to date, the user’s cognition continues to improve as they continue engaging with the training sessions.
Are the training games fun?
CogniFit training sessions are designed to be both effective and engaging. The program evaluates and assesses users’ progress and adapts while they work out to ensure that each session is never too hard or too easy for the individual user’s ability level.
How does the personalized training work? What is the process?
The program continually tracked each user’s strengths and weaknesses over the 22 most fragile and essential cognitive skills. This on-going assessment serves as the basis for the challenges and training goals addressed by the user’s personalized brain fitness program. After analyzing the results of the baseline assessment, CogniFit Personal Coach builds an individualized training regimen for the user. The user is provided feedback after each session and re-assessed after the completion of each cycle. This ongoing assessment provides a useful progress report and allows CogniFit Personal Coach to retune the user’s goals.
How do users know they are improving their cognition, not just getting better at specific tasks in the program?
With CogniFit brain training programs, the exercises used in assessments are different from the exercises used for the training. In that way, CogniFit isolates and evaluates actual cognitive improvements as opposed to evaluating the user’s ability to perform the training exercise.
Can users see how they compare to others their age?
Yes. Users can see their cognitive scores in the form of percentiles normalized for their age. Our goal is to help each individual improve their cognitive skills. This is not a competition; it is a regimen to keep the brain sharper longer.
Can users test CogniFit personalized brain fitness programs before buying them?
Yes, there is a video that describes the program and several free sample exercises are available on www.cognifit.com.
Is there a satisfaction guarantee for the products?
Yes, we will provide a 30 days money back guarantee to all users.
Science
What are cognitive abilities?
Cognitive abilities are the brain-related skills and mental processes that are needed to carry out a task – from the simplest to the most complex. Every task can be broken down by the different cognitive skills that are needed to complete that task successfully. Without cognition a person would not be able to participate in everyday activities in life.
Is it scientifically proven that CogniFit personalized brain fitness programs can improve cognitive skills?
There is a significant amount of research about the effectiveness of cognitive training, even in very old age. CogniFit brain fitness products have been scientifically validated by independent third parties. In addition, according to CogniFit research, over 96% of the people in CogniFit’s database of 2,4 million individuals who completed an 8-week cycle of training experienced a significant improvement in their cognitive skills.
Can’t users get the same benefits from doing crosswords, Sudoku, chess or other games that require a lot of thought?
While these types of games can improve some cognitive functions, they have limitations. Games can become routine, and when they do they are no longer useful. They also only train a limited number of cognitive abilities, and are not specifically tailored to the user’s personal needs.
Is it necessary to do brain training in the presence or under the supervision of a psychologist or other specialist?
No. The CogniFit programs were designed to be user-friendly and interactive. Users can train in the comfort and privacy of their own homes without any outside supervision. All that is need is a broadband connection.
CogniFit Personal Coach
Who should be using the CogniFit Personal Coach?
From the age of about 30-years old, we all begin a slow cognitive decline. Anyone who wants to keep their mind in top shape or feels concerned about cognitive decline would benefit from CogniFit Personal Coach.
What cognitive abilities does the program train?
CogniFit Personal Coach exercises the 14 cognitive abilities that deteriorate while we age. These include planning, inhibition, visual perception, visual scanning, visual short term memory, speed and response time, working memory, awareness, time estimation, naming, spatial perception, eye-hand coordination, shifting and divided attention. All of these functions are essential but fragile cognitive processes that decline as people age.
Does CogniFit Personal Coach prevent Alzheimer’s, dementia or Parkinson’s?
Unfortunately, nothing can prevent these conditions. However, regular training with the program may postpone the appearance of negative cognitive symptoms.
Is it true that CogniFit can improve the cognitive functioning in people with health related symptoms; for example people undergoing chemotherapy or Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients?
Yes, there are promising results. A study using CogniFit brain fitness software found evidence that cognitive training can significantly improve a wide range of memory skills in MS patients. While cognitive impairment, including attention deficit, poor memory, processing speed and executive dysfunction, affects up to 65% of MS patients, the study found that training with CogniFit Personal Coach dramatically improved patients’ visual memory, general memory and working memory.
Is the program friendly for users that have no prior computer experience?
Yes. The program is designed to be easy to use, and each task includes both verbal and visual instructions to help the user complete the task’s objectives.
CogniFit for Drivers
Who should use CogniFit for Drivers?
CogniFit personalized brain fitness programs for drivers are designed for new and senior drivers, as well as fleet managers. They are aimed at boosting the cognitive skills associated with driving.
What cognitive abilities do the Drivers programs train?
CogniFit personalized brain fitness programs for drivers train the mental processes associated with driving such as distance estimation, visual scanning and eye-hand coordination.
What is the goal of CogniFit for Drivers?
Driving is one of the most complex cognitive skills that there is. The brain was not designed to make driving decisions at 40 mph. The goal of the driving family of programs is to help make the new, senior and professional drivers become safer and more confident, and also to provide a challenge and some fun along the way. It typically takes the brain three years to fully develop the cognitive functions that are required to drive safely. CogniFit aims to accelerate that development.
Can CogniFit for Drivers increase drivers’ chances of passing the road test?
Student drivers who were assessed and trained by CogniFit‘s DriveFit achieved a significantly higher pass rate in the UK driving test. They recorded a 16% higher pass rate than those who did not use the program.
How can driving instructors use CogniFit for Drivers to make practical driving lessons more efficient?
The assessment by CogniFit for Drivers helps the instructor understand their students’ abilities and areas to focus on during instruction. CogniFit recommends certain in-car training techniques to match each of the cognitive abilities being trained.
Questions? Write to us at support@cognifit.com and we’ll be happy to help.