Mental flexibility games

Five games that ask you to switch rules without losing the thread.

In the app this skill is called Flex. The games make a habit and a rule disagree: read the ink, not the word; count the digits, not the digit; change rules when the card moves. Doing that quickly and without slips is mental flexibility.

All 5 mental flexibility games

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  Color Word

  Tap the colour of the ink, not the word you read.

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  Number Stroop

  Count how many digits you see, not which digit it is.

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  Place Word

  A direction word sits somewhere on the screen. The cue says whether to answer where it is or what it says.

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  Task Switch

  A card shows a number and a letter. On top, say if the number is even; below, say if the letter is a vowel.

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  Rule Switch

  Tap the key card that matches the card above. A hidden rule decides how, and it changes.

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