Is hearing loss bad for your memory, and do hearing aids help?
Hearing loss and dementia are linked. What a large trial of hearing aids found about thinking, what the 48% headline means, and when to get checked.
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Plain-English, sourced guides to brain health, learning and play, with credit to the sources.
Brain health basics
What credible sources say about movement, mental challenges, eating, social life, sleep and health, reported with credit.
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Does poor sleep hurt your memory?
Short sleep is linked to dementia in big studies, but which comes first? What the research shows, what a sleep trial found, and when to see a doctor.
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Does what you eat change your memory?
What a three-year trial of the MIND diet found, what the WHO says about vitamin pills, and the foods worth eating more of.
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Do crosswords and brain games keep your mind in shape?
Your daily crossword makes you better at crosswords. Does it help the rest of your thinking? What the research shows, and how to mix up your challenges.
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How much exercise does your brain need?
Does a daily walk count? The weekly exercise target in plain numbers, what to add after 65, and what the WHO says exercise does for your thinking.
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Does a social life protect your brain?
What the US Surgeon General found about loneliness and thinking, what a trial of regular video chats showed, and easy ways to stay in touch.
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Which everyday habits are linked to a healthy brain?
The six everyday habits health experts link to a healthy brain, what the WHO's July 2026 guidance adds, and which habits cost nothing to start.
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Does brain training work?
You get better at the games you practise. What the biggest reviews found about benefits beyond them, and how to judge a claim before you pay.
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What are thinking skills, and how much can one brain game tell you?
A plain map of memory, attention, speed, reasoning and number skills, how scientists group them, and why one game score is only a snapshot.
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Memory
Can brain games help your memory as you get older?
What a brain game can do for you, what it can't, what research says about games and dementia, and where a puzzle fits in a healthy day.
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What should a family gaming agreement cover?
Where, when, which games, who to chat with and what to spend: what goes in a family gaming agreement, how to write it together, and when to revisit it.
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How do you set screen rules your child will actually accept?
Make the rules together and include yourself. How the AAP's Family Media Plan works, the questions to ask, and what the one trial of it found.
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How can you tell if a game site is safe for your child?
Seven questions to answer with the site open before your child plays: contact, spending, ads, sign-up, data, age labels and parental controls.
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Focus & speed
What is a tracking game testing?
How you follow several moving things at once, what makes it harder, what a Track the Few score means, and whether it helps with driving or sport.
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What did Australia's eSafety report find about Roblox, Minecraft, Fortnite and Steam?
Australia's online safety regulator found child protections uneven across four big game platforms. What it found, and three things to do this week.
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Focus & speed
Why does a brain game get harder, then easier, as you play?
How freegama's games choose the next question, the two that play a fixed run of puzzles, how age changes things, and why scores compare only with your own.
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Logic & reasoning
How to solve a pattern grid puzzle
Learn to solve a small pattern grid by checking one feature at a time, then use the same method in Potting Tray.
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Numbers & words
Number sense in children: what parents can notice
Everyday signs of number sense for ages 8 to 12, with simple ways to talk about quantities and a clear view of game scores.
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Focus & speed
Selective attention and visual search
Why look-alike marks can slow a search, and a few calm ways to scan carefully when a target hides among near matches.
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Logic & reasoning
Skyscraper-style puzzles and step-by-step deduction
Learn how tower sightline clues work, solve a small 4×4 example, and find a clear next move when a grid feels stuck.
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Memory
Streaks without the guilt
What habit and streak research actually shows, how to recover from a missed day, and how freegama counts a day.
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A 10-minute daily brain routine for families
A short, flexible family puzzle routine with a clear stopping point and honest ways to talk about progress.
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Memory
Brain games for kids: what the research really says
What children may learn from brain games, what studies have not shown, and how to choose a short, useful game.
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Logic & reasoning
How to spot the rule in a number sequence
A simple method for testing number patterns, explaining your rule and spotting when more than one answer fits.
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Memory
Keeping the last few in mind: running memory explained
Why remembering the end of a changing list is different from repeating a fixed one, with a simple activity to try.
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Numbers & words
Mental maths habits that make kids faster with numbers
Practical ways to break sums apart, check answers and build fluency without treating speed as the whole goal.
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Screen time you can feel good about: a parent's checklist
Questions to ask about a game or app: its purpose, stopping point, ads, privacy and place in family life.
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Numbers & words
Shortcuts for adding up a receipt in your head
Use rounding, pairs and running totals to check a short receipt, then decide when exact arithmetic matters.
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Focus & speed
The flanker task: the classic focus test behind Middle Arrow
Why arrows around a target can slow a response, and what a short focus game can and cannot measure.
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Memory
What is working memory, and can practice change it?
A plain-English guide to working memory, what a digit game can help you practise, and what research does not yet show.
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Why every age gets its own difficulty: Kids, Teens and Adults
What an age band changes in a game, why difficulty moves as you play, and why scores compare fairly only within an age group.
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