What Brain Training Exercises Are Available on BrainScale?

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BrainScale offers a set of online brain training exercises, with Dual N-Back and Mental Math named as the primary examples on its site. The exercises are described as backed by cognitive science, and you choose which one to train with rather than following a single fixed program. If you want to know what you can actually practice on the platform before signing up, the categories below cover what the site states.

The named exercises

BrainScale's homepage lists two exercises by name:

  • Dual N-Back — the platform's headline exercise, presented as its own section ("What Is Dual N-Back?"). This is a working-memory task where you track two streams of stimuli at once and decide when the current item matches the one from n steps back.
  • Mental Math — a calculation-based exercise, listed alongside Dual N-Back as an example of what you can pick.

The site phrases this as "Dual N-Back, Mental Math, and more," so these two are the confirmed starting points rather than the full list.

Beyond the two named exercises

The site describes the wider catalog in three ways:

Category What the site says
Logic games Listed as part of the training offering
Real-life mental challenges Described as part of the training offering
Cognitive-science backing Applied across the exercises

So the exercise set is not limited to memory tasks. It spans working memory (Dual N-Back), arithmetic (Mental Math), logic, and applied mental challenges.

How you use them

The stated flow is simple: choose an exercise, then train. The homepage heading "Choose an exercise" sits directly above the Dual N-Back and Mental Math examples, which means selection is user-driven — you are not locked into one track. The "Brain Training Exercises" section on the page serves as the entry point to the full set.

What to check before committing

  • Which exercises are free vs. gated. The site links to a Premium page, so some content may sit behind a paid tier. The available material does not specify which exercises are free, so verify on the exercise or Premium page before assuming full access.
  • Whether progress tracking exists. The site does not state this in the available material; check the exercise pages directly if tracking matters to you.
  • The full exercise list. Since only Dual N-Back and Mental Math are named, browse the "Brain Training Exercises" section to see the complete current lineup rather than relying on the two examples.

If your goal is working memory specifically, Dual N-Back is the exercise to start with. If you want broader reasoning and calculation practice, Mental Math plus the logic and real-life challenge categories are the relevant options.