Online brain games can extend in-game ‘cognitive youth’ into old age, UCI-led study says
Online brain games can extend in-game ‘cognitive youth’ into old age, UCI-led study says
- August 19, 2019
- Mark Steyvers, cog sci, Scienmag, Aug. 19, 2019
A University of California, Irvine-led study has found that online brain game exercises can enable people in their 70s and even 80s to multitask cognitively as well as individuals 50 years their junior. … “The brain is not a muscle, but like our bodies, if we work out and train it, we can improve our mental performance,” said lead author Mark Steyvers, a UCI professor of cognitive sciences.
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