Science on BrainApps

Alfred Binet, French psychologist seeks to implement objective methods of research and, together with Theodore Simon develops the scale for assessment of the mental development of children with mental retardation. "The Binet - Simon scale of mental development " became the precursor of methodology for assessing the intelligence quotient (IQ) and the first serious test technology for the quantitative assessment of reasoning.

In the early 20-ies, L.S. Vygotsky developed the doctrine of the higher mental functions, which formed the basis of the work of his students and the development of the entire national psychology. Since the mid-40s, USSR meets the formation of the main practical methods of diagnosis and rehabilitation of patients who received brain damage - these developments formed the basis of neuropsychology. Neuropsychology is the branch of psychology that has been developed at the intersection of psychology, medicine and physiology. It studies brain mechanisms of higher mental functions with the material of local brain lesions. The founder of this direction was the A.R. Luria.

The emergence of the first test to measure intelligence of children, which was created by David Wechsler. Later, in 1955, the test was redesigned for adults. Today, it is the most popular research tool for intelligence quotient estimation. Many tasks from the test were redesigned and used as stand-alone exercises for development of cognitive functions.

There was a book by George Miller, dedicated to working memory study, "The magic number 7 ± 2", which showed that the work of human memory is able to store about nine binary numbers at the average, eight decimals, seven alphabet letters and five monosyllabic words - that meant a person is able remember 7 ± 2 elements at the same time, and the memory capacity can be equated to 7 bits.

Corsi block task appeared in 1980, which allowed to explore the amount of working memory and its visual-spatial component. Th task was performed on a wooden egg capsules, which had to be selected in order of presentation. After adapting techniques to the computer, it has become one of the most famous games of memory development - it’s a game - Memory matrices (Memory matrix).

For the first time the term Brain fitness appeared in the scientific and popular literature in the late 80s, and finally entered the lexicon of books on self-development after the publication of books Vernon Mark and Jeffrey Mark "Brain Power: A Neurosurgeon s Complete Program to Maintain and Enhance Brain Fitness Throughout Your Life" , 1989. and the book "Brain Fitness " M. Le Poncin-Lafitte, Monique Le Poncin and Michael Levine, 1990.

Appearance of the first online training system for brain development.

The BrainApps team is launching a new project focused on brain training games specifically designed for children. This initiative aims to enhance cognitive skills and learning abilities through fun and interactive games tailored to the developmental needs of young minds.