What are the Twin Shapes and Color Matching games?

Two adult-targeted games that train selective attention by having users match identical shapes or identical colors on screen, improving visual recognition and the ability to ignore distractors.

How does the Twin Shapes game work?

Players identify and pair identical geometric figures. Selections show a blue highlight; correct pairs turn green, reinforcing accurate shape matching under distractors.

How does the Color Matching activity work?

Players recognize and pair figures that share the same color. Different-colored distractors appear; selected items display a blue border to indicate choice and feedback.

What cognitive skills do these activities target?

Both target selective attention and visual recognition, training users to focus on a specific attribute (shape or color) while ignoring irrelevant stimuli.

How are difficulty levels and progression managed?

Each game has six phases (1 easiest, 6 hardest). Progression is automatic based on correct or incorrect answers, and professionals can manually select phases.

What are the real-life applications of these selective attention games?

Applications include tasks requiring quick visual discrimination, such as locating items, recognizing screen symbols, and distinguishing traffic light colors while driving.

Selective Attention Games for Adults: Twin Shapes and Color Matching

Today we present two new games that help improve selective attention in adults: Twin Shapes and Color Matching.

What do these activities consist of?

We will explain separately what these two activities consist of:

Twin Shapes

The Twin Shapes game aims to identify and match the geometric figures on the screen that are identical.

When we select one of the geometric figures, it will be highlighted in blue and, if we have selected the correct pair, it will be highlighted in green.

In this video we explain how to play.

Color Matching

In the Color Matching activity the user will aim to recognize figures that share the same color and pair them.

Figures with different colors will appear on the screen; the user will have to recognize and identify those colors that are identical and select them.

As in the previous activity, when we select one of the figures, it will be selected with a blue border

In the following video we show you how to play:

What do these activities target?

Both the Twin Shapes activity and the Color Matching activity primarily train selective attention, while the user can also practice visual recognition skills.

How do they do it? In both activities the user has to pay attention to a specific element, either color or shape, trying to ignore the other distractors on the screen.

Play by levels

As with all NeuronUP games, you can choose the phase (the difficulty level). In these activities there are six different phases.

The first phase is the easiest and the sixth the most difficult.

The user will move up or down levels automatically according to their correct or incorrect answers. Additionally, the professional can select the phase manually.

Activity configuration

Both Color Matching and Twin Shapes have the default configuration with time:

They have a maximum time limit,
they do not have a visible timer,
5 exercises to move up a level,
3 exercises to move down a level.

Application in daily life

Twin Shapes has ecological validity that lies in its application to everyday situations that require quick and precise visual discrimination. For example, locating keys in a drawer full of objects or recognizing symbols on screens.

Moreover, by training attention to focus on shape while excluding the figure’s color, it promotes much more precise and flexible attention, with potential benefits for people with concentration difficulties or undergoing cognitive rehabilitation.

Meanwhile, Color Matching, by stimulating selective attention and color discrimination, enhances the ability to ignore irrelevant stimuli and respond quickly to meaningful visual cues, giving it high ecological validity.

This type of activity can be applied to tasks such as driving, since it is necessary to accurately distinguish colors in the lights of traffic signs or traffic lights.