Pear Sharp app for iPhone and iPad


4.6 ( 5856 ratings )
Health & Fitness Entertainment
Developer: Pear Therapeutics Inc.
Free
Current version: 1.1.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 02 Nov 2015
App size: 49.58 Mb

Memory training systems have been popular throughout the ages, some dating back to the ancient Greeks, with more recent ones being tested via the rigors of modern science starting in the 1950s. Pear Sharp brings together three core components of memory exercises, Spatial, Pattern and N-Back Memory Training, to provide you a circuit-training of memory games that can help exercise the various capacities of your brain’s recall systems.

Your memory, especially short term memory, can be affected by normal aging, and different aspects of your memory typically "peak" at different ages, with cognitive processing skills, learning, and remembering names peaking as early as your late teens and early twenties. In addition to aging, other external forces- such as stress, depression and insomnia- can all affect our memory. We all have different innate memory abilities; set points from which we start that are based on genetics and the environments to which weve been exposed. But regardless of where we start, nearly all can benefit from an enhanced memory.

Spatial Memory consists of retaining information about your environment and its spatial orientation. For example, remembering paths and routes. Our Spatial Memory helps us find our way back from new locations when driving or walking. This process can be simulated using spatial exercise games in which you must remember and retrace a path using memory "landmarks" to complete a task.

Pattern Memory games stimulate spatial recall, which includes memory of visual patterns and locations of objects. These brain processes are evoked when you remember things like where you left your keys or parked your car. N-Back Training is derived from the N-Back assessment test that, since it was first introduced in 1958, has been used to measure several aspects of working memory. A series of studies, staring in 2008, have indicated that N-Back training may increase fluid intelligence and improve working memory.

Use: For best results - play Pear Sharp at least 4 times a week for 12 weeks. Studies with similar apps show that the more and longer you play, the faster your memory will improve for games as well as related real life tasks.

Pear Sharp has a renewing subscription that enables players to access all levels of play, features and data. A premium subscription with Pear provides access via the upgraded account to all of your Pear games and apps connected to that account. There’s never any need to “restore” your access for new or additional devices as your access is stored on Pear’s servers and not on the device itself. Subscriptions last 30 days from time of purchase and cost $9.99 per month (or a 30 day period).

Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase
. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal
. Subscriptions may be managed by players at any time and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase
. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period.

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