Know Your Senses
for Brain Health
Your five senses are the earliest
signal of brain change.
Everything you know about the world arrived through five channels: sight, sound, smell, taste and touch.
We built a standard way to measure them, because how they work today helps predict how your brain will do in the years ahead.
Install it now so you're ready to go.
Before class day
- 1Get the appOn your phone. It takes about a minute. Ask family or someone at your community for a hand.
- 2Bring your glassesIf you wear them for
reading or for distance. - 3Bring headphonesAny kind works,
wired or wireless.
What you'll do
You'll smell, taste, listen,
look and feel.
Think of it
as a tour of your own senses.
gap. Tap the arrow
that points to it.
you can just barely
hear the tone.
take a sniff, and
name the scent.
your tongue.
Name the taste.
partner presses the
disc to your finger.
One point or two?
Every memory you have
came in through
your senses.
Your brain lives in the dark. Everything it knows, it learns from your senses: the voice across the table, the taste of a good meal. That makes them the earliest signal of how your brain is doing.
The good news: your senses respond to care. Know where yours stand, then take simple steps to keep each one sharp.
Watch the video
Residents at Vi at La Jolla Village, 2 minutes
Questions we hear most
- Do I need to be good with phones?
- No. If you can open an app, you can do this, and someone at your community can help you get started.
- What if one of my results is low?
- You get one simple next step for that sense, like a 12-week smell practice or a reminder to book an eye check.
- Who sees my results?
- You do. You can share them with your doctor or family, or keep them to yourself.
