Left Brain, Right Brain Take on a New Meaning as Brain Training Site Pits Dems vs. Republicans in Time for Elections

LOS ANGELES, CA., OCTOBER 23, 2006 - "Left brain, right brain" have a whole new meaning these days thanks to a fun new way of answering the age-old question of who's smarter - Republicans or Democrats. Sure, we may be absolutely inundated with polling data as November 7 looms on the horizon. But the one vital piece of information that's lacking from every poll is the intelligence of the folks who stake out each position. So, to exercise its civic duty, the popular brain-training site, MyBrainTrainer.com, is offering a cognitive choice reaction time contest between Democrats and Republicans.

Here's how it works: the site has selected one of its sixteen cognitive exercises for this competition. The exercise can be completed in approximately two minutes. Scoring is based on accuracy, speed of response, and the focus that participants maintain throughout the exercise. After the exercise is completed, MyBrainTrainer.com will display an overall score and rating on the individual score components (speed, accuracy and focus). Each person's overall score will then be added to the site's database and the average overall scores for Democrats and Republicans will be displayed in real time, together with breakdown by age and gender. People may play as often as they like.