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The creators and marketers of the Lumosity brain-training program have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges for false advertising, according to the FTC.
Research firm IDC says brain-training games such as Lumosity fall within a sector for education apps, which represent a $150 million market worldwide in Apple's App Store.
A new study published in the Nature journal of Mental Health Research shows powerful real-world evidence for the efficacy of ...
Lumos has generally not been secretive about its plans to branch into regulated medical devices-- it launched a new division called Lumosity DTx in 2021. However, the company has not publicised the ...
In 2016, in fact, the Federal Trade Commission issued a US$50 million penalty to one of the most popular brain-training games at the time, Lumosity, for misleading consumers into thinking that ...
Whether it’s a daily crossword, a book of Sudoku puzzles, or a virtual brain-training program (part of a $12 billion industry), these games are often marketed—and widely believed—to help preserve ...
Lumosity’s games are modeled after old-school arcade games in style and feel, but they are designed by neuroscientists for a radically different purpose: brain training.