Brain Gauge is an affordable, fast and easy way to:

• Quickly assess your current brain function – Test your brain and measure your mental performance in less than 15 minutes
• Engage in targeted “Brain Gym” exercises – Guided training designed to support and improve brain health
• Measure and track progress over time – Monitor how your scores change and learn how diet, supplements, and lifestyle impact your brain’s performance
• Leverage patented neurotechnology – Advanced vibrotactile stimulation provides unique insight into cognitive function
• Benefit from scientifically validated methods – Brain Gauge has been used in over 50 peer-reviewed studies assessing brain function

Brain Gauge was developed for neurofunctional testing and training and is designed to support overall brain health. It represents the combination of decades of neuroscientific research with state-of-the-art engineering. There is extensive research behind this technology (including 140+ publications), and if you’re interested in exploring further, more information is available through Cortical Metrics.

At Aspen Integrative Medical Center, we use Brain Gauge as an objective tool to assess neurological function over time, support brain health through targeted training exercises, and monitor changes in response to therapies such as hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), transcranial laser therapy, neurofeedback, and other brain-focused treatments.

If you’re interested in learning more about Brain Gauge or whether it may be a good fit for you, please contact our office—we’re happy to help.

Your brain is sensitive. But it’s not always easy to tell how it’s changing.

The Brain Gauge can detect extremely subtle differences in cognitive function. We can tell when something affects your brain, even if you can’t. From cough syrup and alcohol, to jumping jacks, meditation, and sleep. Your Brain Gauge scores will show the difference. No other methods in the world are this sensitive.

These methods have been validated by over 50 years of clinical studies. And that’s not just our own research – the Brain Gauge has been used at more than 50 universities around the world.

The Brain Gauge let’s you keep track of conditions like dementia, Alzheimer’s and ADHD, and see how your brain responds to new treatments or medications. You can then generate a detailed brain health evaluation, or export your entire testing history and run your own advanced analysis. And all of your data is instantly accessible from anywhere in the world thanks to our secure, cloud-based storage.

The Brain Gauge is a revolutionary, non-invasive neurofunctional test and a training tool. It is the result of combining decades of neuroscientific research (1980s to present at the University of North Carolina) with state-of-the-art engineering.It gives you a clear, data-driven look at how your brain is functioning. It’s a scientific tool designed to help you to frequently monitor, understand, and improve brain fitness.

Brain Gauge measures 8 essential components of brain health:

• Focus – your brain’s ability to concentrate on the task at hand
• Speed – your brain’s ability to react to changes in your environment
• Fatigue – how quickly your brain begins to tire during mentally demanding tasks
• Accuracy – your brain’s ability to detect small differences between sensations
• Sequencing – your brain’s ability to keep track of the order of events
• Time Perception – your brain’s ability to keep track of the duration of events
• Plasticity – your brain’s ability to respond and adapt to changes in your surroundings
• Connectivity – how well different regions of your brain are able to communicate and coordinate

You’ll also get a comprehensive mental fitness score that we call your corticalmetric.

The Brain Gauge by Cortical Metrics is a small, corded device—similar in size and shape to a computer mouse—that connects to your computer via a USB-C port. It measures brain function by delivering gentle, precise vibrations to your fingertips and asking you to respond to simple questions about what you feel.

These brief, interactive tests evaluate how accurately and quickly your brain processes sensory information. By assessing your responses, Brain Gauge provides objective data about different aspects of neurological function, including how well various regions of the brain are communicating with one another.

The testing process is similar in concept to an eye exam. Just as vision tests gradually increase difficulty to determine how well you can distinguish letters or shapes, Brain Gauge progressively challenges your sensory perception—using subtle fingertip vibrations instead of visual cues—to evaluate how precisely your brain can differentiate between stimuli.

Although the testing focuses on touch, it reflects much more than just fingertip sensitivity. When the fingertips are stimulated, signals are sent to specific regions of the brain. Each test is designed to assess how these regions function individually and how they interact as a network. This allows Brain Gauge to provide meaningful insight into overall brain performance.

Your results are automatically recorded and shared with your provider, allowing us to track changes in brain function over time. This can help identify patterns, monitor progress, and better understand how therapies—such as hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), transcranial laser therapy, neurofeedback, and other treatments—may be impacting your neurological health.

Brain Gauge is backed by decades of research and has been used in both clinical and research settings to study and monitor conditions such as concussion, traumatic brain injury, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, and other neurological concerns.

The tracking plot below illustrates the progression of an 80-year-old male who initially presented with memory loss and early dementia. Hyperbaric treatments produced modest improvements in Brain Gauge scores between August and November. In November, Brain Gauge Gym activity was added (dashed line), resulting in a profound improvement in both objective scores and reported symptoms. The individual now reports an absence of memory loss.