The “Welcome to the Gym”
Playground

Welcome to The Thinking Gym!

The Thinking Gym is composed of a variety of Playgrounds, where each Playground focuses on a specific cognitive skill. And the Playgrounds themselves are composed of Brain Games, where each Brain Game uses AI as a “cognitive sparring partner” to exercise that particular cognitive skill.

There’s no right way to use the Gym. You don’t need to work through the Playgrounds in order, and you certainly don’t need to complete every Brain Game.

Think of this as a real gym. Pick a cognitive ability you’d like to exercise, choose a Brain Game that looks interesting, and give your mind a workout.

Here’s how Brain Games work:
You’ll copy and paste a special prompt into the AI chatbot of your choice. The AI will provide the exercise, but you’ll do the thinking. That’s the whole idea.

Brain Games are labeled as Warm-Up, Workout, or Challenge, where “warm-up” provides light exercise, “workout” picks up the pace a bit, and “challenge” really exercises your brain. Each Brain Game is also labeled with an estimated time it will take to complete, so that you can choose a Brain Game that fits your schedule.

Two “Welcome to the Gym”
Brain Games

Ready for your first workout?

Just want to get your feet wet? A good place to get started is with the “Identify Connections” Brain Game in the “Imagine That” Playground. It’s a light warm-up exercise, and it only takes 5 to 10 minutes to do.

Ready for a little more exercise?
To exercise your brain a bit more, you might want to try “The Impossible Combination” from the same Playground. It’s a workout-level Brain Game, so your brain will be taxed a bit more by this one. (But it’s fun!)

Note: All of our Brain Games are reviewed by AI, and AI says of The Impossible Combination, “I particularly like this one because it moves beyond merely finding connections. The person has to create something that didn’t exist before. It exercises imagination while edging toward ingenuity.”

That’s it!
Once you’re comfortable with The Gym and how it works, wander around. Visit whichever Playground interests you. Try another Brain Game. There are no grades, no required sequence, and nobody is keeping score.

There’s only one rule at The Thinking Gym: let your brain do the work before you let AI do it for you.

Now go out and strengthen your cognitive fitness… and have fun doing it!