Seniors multitask in this brain game like they’re 20
Seniors multitask in this brain game like they’re 20
- August 20, 2019
- Mark Steyvers, cog sci, Futurity, Aug. 20, 2019
“The brain is not a muscle, but like our bodies, if we work out and train it, we can improve our mental performance,” says lead author Mark Steyvers, professor of cognitive sciences at the University of California, Irvine. “We discovered that people in the upper age ranges who completed specific training tasks were able to beef up their brain’s ability to switch between tasks in the game at a level similar to untrained 20- and 30-year-olds.”
For the full story, please visit https://www.futurity.org/brain-games-older-adults-multitasking-2138202-2/.
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