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CONKA SPARK · 90 seconds

Know your brain.
See CONKA working.

CONKA app home screen with a CONKA Score of 98 and a Take today's SPARK button
A cat
Animal →
A steam train
← Not an animal
Big Ben
← Not an animal
A koala
Animal →

Take a CONKA SPARK: tap through quick images and get your CONKA Score. Set your baseline, start CONKA, and watch the number move.

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Or try a quick SPARK here, free ↓

Baseline. CONKA. Mind Map.

Your first month is where you see it. Three steps, all in the free app.

  • CONKA app home screen with a CONKA Score of 98

    Baseline set

    Day 1

    Take your first SPARK

    Three 90-second CONKA SPARKs set your baseline CONKA Score. Then two a week.

  • A bottle of CONKA Flow
    CONKA FlowMorning
    A bottle of CONKA Clear
    CONKA ClearAfternoon
    Every day

    Take CONKA

    Flow in the morning, Clear in the afternoon. Log each shot in the app with a tap.

  • From the CONKA Mind Map: plus 5 points with CONKA, a month of SPARK scores averaging 67 before Flow and 72 after
    Day 30

    Get your CONKA Mind Map

    Your 30-day brain report: your best days, what drives them, and your score against your baseline.

Simple to learn.
Impossible to cheat.

Your score is how quickly and accurately your brain processes what it sees. There is nothing to study for, and nothing to practise.

  1. A test image of a cat

    Image flashes

  2. The noise pattern that wipes each image

    Noise mask

  3. ← NotAnimal →

    You tap

One trial. The test runs dozens of them in about 90 seconds.

  • Too fast to game

    Each image shows for a fraction of a second, then a pattern wipes it. Your brain answers before you can strategise.

  • Nothing to memorise

    The images change, so there are no answers to learn. A peer-reviewed study found no significant learning effect over repeat tests.

    Scientific Reports, 2019

  • No reading or maths

    No reading, maths or general knowledge. Language, education and culture give no one a head start.

  • Hard-wired, not learned

    Spotting animals is one of the brain’s oldest reflexes. The task lights up 32 brain regions, so your score is your whole brain at work.

What SPARK stands for

Speed and Precision of Animacy Recognition across natural Kinds

The name is the test: how fast and how accurately your brain tells an animal from everything else.

Sensitivity detecting cognitive impairmentADePT study
93%
Test-retest reliabilityADePT study
87.5%
NHS Trusts in clinical validation trialsISRCTN95636074
14
510(k) cleared test technology
FDA

Built on Cambridge research and validated in NHS clinical trials. CONKA co-founder Humphrey Bodington built it after repeated concussions ended his playing career, so anyone could see their brain measured. 7,593 tests from 712 people so far.

See the app data

Real people. Real scores.

Baseline to retest, from people who took CONKA and tracked it in the app.

  • Jade Shekells

    +36.7%

    Score 60 to 82

    Jade Shekells

    GB7 Womens - Rugby 7s

  • Finn Russell

    +29.0%

    Score 55 to 71

    Finn Russell

    Bath Rugby

  • Nimisha Kurup

    +24.7%

    Score 66 to 82

    Nimisha Kurup

    Bank of America

  • Jack Willis

    +20.5%

    Score 69 to 84

    Jack Willis

    Stade Toulousain

See all case studies

More in the app.

Every SPARK adds to the picture. Here is what you get with it.

CONKA app Cognitive Signature: a five-petal SPARK chart of score, focus, control, accuracy and speed consistency against your age group

Your first SPARK is 90 seconds away.

Free on iOS and Android, no subscription needed. Take a SPARK today and you have a number to beat.

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