Listen - Auditory Training2.2.7 - App Store

Listen is an auditory training game produced by the University of California Riverside (UCR) Brain Game Center for Mental Fitness and Well-being; A research unit focused on brain fitness methods and applications.

Listen integrates principles of perceptual learning and auditory neuroscience in a reward-based game framework that reinforces program adherence and maintains training efficacy. In the game experience, players find themselves in control of a wisp that must navigate through perilous obstacles by responding appropriately to specific sound cues in order to absorb energy from objects in the environment. The sound cues are based upon language primitives and sound features that selectively drive neurons in the auditory cortex of the brain. While at first the sounds are easy to discriminate, the game’s adaptive algorithms measure each players’ ability to discern the sounds and trains players at their individual threshold of performance.

Give it a listen and train your hearing.

Version History Minor bug fixes. 2.2.7 05/08/2024 - Fixed bugs related to log file uploading for study participants
- Fixed bugs related to session caps per day for study participants. 2.2.6 07/10/2020 - Fixed bug with overlapping response sounds due to hitbox inaccuracies
- Adaptive reaction time now functions properly. This means the distance between obstacles changes depending on how quickly you react to a stimuli
- Added a log file upload to the end of a session to ensure proper data transfer for study participants
- Added a stop behavior in front of obstacles for certain studies 2.2.5 06/27/2020 - Pause Button Removed
- Task Description Scaling Has been Fixed
- Modified the color of obstacles so they are hopefully more clear, including their responses
- Levels no longer finish early. This prevents cases like completing one obstacle and then finishing a level. You will always go through all the streaks in a level now
- Changed difficulty bar tiers to be more distinct so it feels less bad when you reach a new tier on non-repeatable levels. Vine colors change and the fill color on the bar stays the same as it was before the bar changed size.
- Added more Ripple Noise difficulty
- Added File Upload menu on Create User Menu
- Added Help menu to create user menu
- Fixed Create User Menu Message
- Changed speed of cloud movement
- Fixed end session message to reflect current session # 2.2.4 05/19/2020 - Numerous Bugs have been fixed that caused the game to freeze
- UI Scaling bugs have been fixed on iphone
- Exercise map has been implemented
- Difficulty bar graphics have been updated
- The sky now moves
- Numerous performance optimizations should make the game run smoother than before 2.2.3 05/01/2020 - Server Code input menu has been updated to the new version. Use the "Create Offline User" button to create a normal user without a server code. When putting in a server code, click "Submit" and you will be asked for a username .

- UI Scaling Bugs have been fixed for iphones.

- Tutorial highlighter has been made thicker to be more apparent

- Cloud texture has been updated and now moves over time. 2.2.2 04/22/2020 - Graphics have been majorly overhauled. You now traverse a forest-like environment which flourishes and decays based on your performance.
- Performance measures have been added so you know how you are doing in the game.
- Descriptions of each exercise are now included at the beginning of a level.
- The memory training task has been reworked to provide a more reasonable difficulty.
- Levels have been shortened to provide more variety to every training session.
- Feedback sound effects have been changed.
- A dialogue window is now implemented to convey information. 2.2.1 04/21/2020 Tweaking the Frequency Difference sound parameters 1.5.1 11/19/2019 Redesigned Stimulus System
Updated Training Tasks 1.5 11/08/2019 Stability Improvements
Tap-to-move
Adaptive response window 1.4 01/21/2018 Improved adaptive algorithms.
Better user data management.
Interface improvements. 1.1.0 08/03/2017 1.0.0 04/05/2017