Cortex - Access+

Key features of the card game Cortex - Access+

Trained player skills

Attention and Observation - Players must focus and quickly view visual details, react correctly and multi-task simultaneously.
Impulsivity control and flexibility - forces the player to stop hasty reactions, avoid mistakes and adapt to the situation. Multitasking also tests the ability to switch between activities.
Short-term and working memory- players maintain and update necessary information (counts, gestures, paths), distinguish correct from incorrect, and sometimes process two instructions simultaneously.

Trained player skills

Imagination and motor skills - used to quickly find sequences, rotate patterns or practice gestures that players must then physically perform.
Counting- The squares task uses number skills and visual grouping strategies for faster and more accurate results.
- Players must plan their actions, organise their movements and change their course of action as needed.
Tactile, motor and long-term memory - tactile cards engage the sense of touch and imagination. Players translate perceived stimuli into visual representations and compare them with stored experiences.

Cognitive abilities and their tasks

Individual cognitive functions are practiced through analysis tasks, squares, rock-paper-scissors, Multitasking, reasoning, a maze, coordination and tactile skills.