Brain training programs for the PC

[d|b]

I wanted to start doing 20/30 mins a day of simple arithmetic and memory exercises to sharpen up ahead of some job interviews. Ideally I would like to do practice things like adding up double digit numbers under time pressure, calculating percentages in your head, remembering sequences of letters and numbers, multiplying numbers in your head etc. I am not looking for anything fancy but it would nice if the program could chart your stats.


Does anyone know of a good program that helps with this?

 

[Berserker]

There are several that I've come across but sadly can't remember the exact details. A bit of poking around with Google should get you on the right track.

Whether they are any good is another question. There's argument even over the best-known one (Brain Training for Nintendo DS).

If you're expecting to be doing aptitude tests, then google for them and there's loads of free practice ones. If not, you may be better off practising your [thread=17469564]interview technique[/thread] instead.

 

[Chaos]

There's a simple flash calculation game here which might help -

http://www.jimmyr.com/blog/speed_math.html

Could try here from some memory systems to remember numbers etc.

http://www.ludism.org/mentat/MemorySystems