Inhibition Game for Adults: Categories Against the Clock

Today we launch the inhibition game Categories Against Time to work on inhibition with adults.

What does this activity involve?

This activity, as its name indicates, consists of selecting which items belong to the indicated category as quickly as possible, avoiding those that do not.

Below we show you an example of the Categories Against Time activity:

What does this activity train?

This game trains inhibition, processing speed, and sustained attention.

As the level increases, the time available to decide is shorter, so the user must:

• think quickly (processing speed),
• control the automatic impulse to press on every word (inhibition)
• not lose attention at any moment so as not to miss any word (sustained attention).

Play by levels

This inhibition game for adults is divided into phases, with phase 1 being the easiest and phase 9 the most difficult.

The user will move up or down levels automatically based on their correct or incorrect responses. Additionally, the professional can choose the phase manually.

Activity customization

Additionally, custom phases can be created to adapt them to the user’s specific needs.

Parameters

In this inhibition game we can set some activity parameters such as:

• stimulus display time (in seconds),
• number of stimuli,
• number of target stimuli,
• maximum errors,
• total duration (in seconds),
• and number of different elements.

General aspects

You can choose other general settings such as:

• The number of exercises,
• whether or not you want a visible timer for the activity,
• whether or not you want to include an inactivity warning, and
• modify the instructions for completion.

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Juego de inhibición para adultos: Categorías a contrarreloj