Brain-training games may work, or they may not
Brain-training games may work, or they may not
- August 20, 2019
- Mark Steyvers, cog sci, MNN, 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," said lead author Mark Steyvers, a UCI professor of cognitive sciences, in a statement. "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.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/stories/brain-training-benefits-may-be-all-your-head.
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