Dear Brain Gamers,
I am delighted that you are one of the mil lions of
people who want to keep their minds s harp and
have fun doing it. After two decad es studying how
we can improve memory and prevent A lzheimer’s
disease, I have found there is a lot we can d o.
Genetics accounts for only ab out a third of what
determines our health as we age – th at means that
simple, everyday lifestyle c hoices have a major im-
pact on our memory and brai n fitness. My books,
The Memory Bible, The Memo ry Prescription, and
The Longevity Bible, detail my s trategies – physical
and mental exercise, stress re duction techniques,
the Healthy Brain Diet, and mor e – to boost your
brain power and live longer, better. However, you
are well on your way to boosting your brai n power
by playing Brain Games 2.
Brain Games 2 will teach you my basi c memory
technique – Look, Snap, Connec t – and help you
perfect these strategie s. Besides being fun to
play, Brain Games 2 will help your memor y abilities
improve almost immediately. You will also “cro ss-
train” your brain with left-bra in (verbal memory an d
logical skills – e.g., writing let ters) and right-brain
(visual memory and ment al skills – e.g., reading
maps) games. Brain Game s 2 lets you monitor
your progress, while settin g and increasing a pace
that works for your memory abil ity as you train your
brain and gauge your improveme nt.
You can use Look, Snap, Connect for ever yday
memory tasks (lists, e rrands, names and face s)
and build on this basic techniqu e to become a
memory champion. First m aster the basic skill:
•
Look – learn to focus your attenti on on the new
information you wish to remembe r. Slow down,
take a deep breath, and ignore dis tractions.
• S nap – create a mental sna pshot or visual
image in your mind’s eye of what you want to
remember. Make it personal and gi ve it detail to
help fix it into your memory.
• C onnect – link up your ment al snapshots in
you mind’s eye. This association step he lps put
the new memories into context and h elps you
retrieve them later when you need th em.
To remember a list of errands, create a s tory using
Look, Snap, Connect: You need to stop at th e
store to get some aspirin and a hair b rush before
you meet your sister. In your mind’s eye, you see
your sister taking some aspir in and then brushing
her hair.
For learning and recalling na mes and faces, think
up a Name Snap and a Face Snap – then Con nect
these mental pictures or Sna ps together. Thinking
of a visual image or Snap for a name ca n be easy:
See a house for Mr. House, a gold coin for Ms .
Gold, or a carnival worker for Mrs . Carney. For
more complex names, combine v isual words that
sound like the name – see Mr. Domachow eati ng
chicken chow mein under a dome. For a fa ce
snap, look for a distinguishing fe ature and then

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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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Econnect it to the name snap. If Mrs. Wa shing-
ton has prominent lips, see her k issing George
Washington on the lips. At first it may se em a bit
wacky; however, you’ll not only have fun but you’ll
improve your everyday memory sk ills. Remem-
bering names and faces is the m ost common
memory complaint.
Our research group at UCL A has studied the ef-
fectiveness of Look, Snap, Conn ect, along with
other lifestyle strategie s that improve memory
and brain health. We found that af ter only two
weeks, these techniques have a sig nificant effect
on memory performanc e scores and dramatica lly
increase brain efficien cy. The more you play Brain
Games 2, the better you’ll get at it and the m ore
brain power you’ll have.
To find out more about the creation of Brai n
Games, visit www.drg arysmall.com and
www.brainstor minginc.com.
Have fun,
Dr. Gary Small

ReAdy TO CROSS-TRAIN yOUR BRAIN!

Brain Games are mind stimula ting activities
for your brain. It’s time to challenge yo urself!
Whether you choose to enter the Training s ession
or jump right into the Testing mode, Brain G ames
2 will be sure to challenge your mind i n several
new and different ways.
ON –
Press the ON button to power on the gam e.
Use the stylus to tap the SCROLL ar rows at the
top and bottom of the touchscreen to to ggle
through the different game m odes. Once your
mode is highlighted, tap it usin g the stylus to
select.
NEW – Press this on the touchscre en to bring up
End Round or New Game.
END ROUND – This allows you to end the
current game and calculate s the score up to
that point. This may be most usefu l in the
Word Hunt game when you can not think of
any more words, but there is still tim e remain-
ing. Or Recall when you have alread y memo-
rized words and there is still time r emaining.
NEW GAME – This allows you to cancel t he
current game and return to the Mai n Menu. If
selected during Testing mode, it will c ancel
your score for that session.
ENTER – Press this to confirm your s election.
MENU – This will bring you back to the M enu
when you are selecting your optio ns. If you have
already started a game, you wil l need to Select
NEW to quit and return to the Main Menu .
TIPS – Press this to see quick sugg estions on
things you can do everyday to help imp rove your
memory and general wellb eing.
TIMER – This is a countdown timer th at is used in
some of the exercises.

MAIN MeNU

TESTING – Select TESTING fro m the Main Menu
to start your daily exercise pro gram. Choose the
skill level you wish to play at, and that’s it ! Brain
Games will now run you through the 5 di fferent
exercises (described be low) of your routine. This
is the mode that you will be tested in and t hat
will record your score. You can check thi s in the
SCORE mode (see below). R emember to use the
Look, Snap, Connect techniqu e!
TRAINING – This is where you c an train or
practice the different bra in games without affec t-
ing your score. Select TRAI NING from the Main
Menu. Tap the SCROLL arrows to toggle throug h
the five different exercises ( Sequence, Twist,
Focus, Word Hunt, and Recall) a nd tap the one
you wish to select. Next, choose t he skill level you
wish to play at. You are now ready to start your
training session.
Word Hunt - In this brain game you r objec-
tive it to use the letters the game give s you
to make words. You will be shown a word
on screen and the total number of wo rds
that can be formed out of that word. Se lect
letters from the core word with th e stylus to
spell new words and then select E nter. To
deselect a letter, select that le tter from your
word and it will return to the origina l word.
After completing the exercise, t he game will
display how many you got correct.
Sequence – In this brain ga me your objective
is to select the random number s in the grid in
the proper sequence or orde r (lowest to high-
est). If you select a number o ut of sequence
an X will appear, and you will continue onto
the next grid. If the sequence is c orrect, a
musical prompt will sound. The re will be
several grids in each game. Af ter completing
the exercise, the game will display h ow many
you got correct.
Twist – In this brain game the objecti ve is to
memorize the relationship of 2 im ages and
then apply that relationship to a 3 rd image
in order to select the correct a nswer. You
will be shown a puzzle on the left si de of
the touchscreen. You will also be shown th e
same puzzle rotated or flipped ( horizontally
or vertically) on the right s ide of the touch-
screen. You will have 5 seconds to look at the
puzzle on the left and see how it ha s been
rotated or flipped in the puzzle on t he right.
After 5 seconds, you will be shown a n ew
image and 4 possible answers . You have to
recall the relationship of the p uzzles from the
opening screen and apply th at relationship to
the puzzle at the top. You have 15 seconds
to solve the puzzle. After comple ting the
exercise, the game will display how ma ny you
got correct.
NEW
ON
ENTER
MENU
TIPS
TIMER
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