Brain Games, More Than Just Fun?
Brain games won’t make you a genius, but we all knew that anyway. They have however, been shown to improve working memory and increase fluid intelligence. That’s awesome, considering most of us are just playing them for something to do! I never thought I might be increasing my intelligence while playing Sudoku; I play mind games because they’re fun, challenging and more interactive than watching TV. If you think about it, throughout our whole lives we’ve been increasing our knowledge and using our minds in games. In schools for example, teachers are always trying to find new ways to teach through play. Professors, Murali Doraiswamy and Marc Agronin say, “we agree there’s huge potential for tapping into your own neuroplasticity (that is, the brain’s ability to change itself by remodeling nerve cell connections after experience) to enhance mental fitness and prevent age-related memory decline.” That sounds pretty beneficial to me. T...