What age group do you think of first when you think about those who play Nintendo Brain Age Games? Up until recently, I would of thought of children not adults – or at least those much younger than I am. But what really opened my eyes about playing Nintendo Brain Age Games was a recent comment I got from Ingrid, one of my readers.
Here’s the comment Ingrid left on my blog post titled, “Does Playing Nintendo Brain Age Really Do You Any Good?”
I am 65 and have been doing Brain Age since June of 2007, and Brain Age 2 since August of 2007. I have been doing both of them every day since then, but as of this Summer, I have only been doing 3 training programs per day, plus the brain age test.. What is most wonderful about it is that it keeps track of your 3 highest scores, so there is always something to “beat”. My brain age is 20 almost every day. I feel that it has improved my mental alertness considerably. How many people can do 100 math calculation on ‘hard’ in 67 seconds? That’s my all time high score. Remembering 29 out of 30 words after two minutes, and being able to remember where 25 different numbers are on a grid, I think it’s amazing! I really enjoy it, and it takes less than an hour to do both of them.. I recommend it to all who like to put themselves to the test!
Wow! Now that’s an impressive endorsement for people of all ages to play Nintendo Brain Age Games, don’t you think 
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While traveling on business a week or so ago, I came across this older man who gave me a valuable secret with respect to keeping our brains sharp and fit as we get older. Since I know most of you are interested in such things, I’ll share with you how I cam across this man and what I learned about aging and brain fitness.
I was sitting at a table in the lounge area of a small airport waiting for our delayed plane to arrive. While I was sitting there watching a big screen T.V., this older man asked if he could sit down at my table.. I said sure. This man was dressed very casually, had long white hair tied in a pony tail and had a beard. We started out with small talk and then he started talking about himself, his family and the many and varied things that he’s seen and done in his life. He handed me his business card which indicated he had a Ph.D. and was a Professor Emeritus at the local state University. During our discussions, he noted things that had happened to him many decades ago. I said to him, “how old are you because you certainly don’t look old enough to of experienced some of those things.” He said he was 83 years old. I was a little taken back at first because he certainly didn’t look or act 83 years old to me. Mentally he was sharp as a tack. I said, “what’s your secret to staying so mentally sharp?” He replied, “I stay engaged.”
This 83 year old Professor Emeritus was definitely engaged in life. He had not retired from work – didn’t want to retire. He was still teaching kids about architecture at the local University. In fact he had taught not only locally, but had at different times in his life taught at different locations around the World. He continues to travel the world for both business and pleasure. He keeps up with local and World politics and goings on. He stays socially engaged. In fact on several occasions during our wait at the airport, I noticed that he had socially engaged many others just like he had done with me – he liked to socially engage with others.
So how do you keep your brain sharp and fit as a tack as you age? Stay engaged!
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Is playing Nintendo brain age games any better at improving your brain than say a pencil and paper? A recent article in the Times Online website claims that the pencil and paper is just as good. They base this claim on results of a study done on a group of ten year olds.
A 10p pencil is just as good as a £100 Nintendo at stimulating the memory, according to a study that dismisses the DS Lite’s claims to boost the brain.
Professor Lieury said that helping one’s children with their homework, reading, playing Scrabble or Su Doku or watching documentaries instead of soap operas matched or beat the console.
Alvaro Fernandez over at Sharp Brains wrote a great response to this Times article. He points out the many inaccuracies found in the article. He also pointed out that our brains need novelty, variety and challenge in order to stay fit. These things depend greatly of course on who we are and what we do. A crossword puzzle might be something new and challenging for one person, but not for another. The same can be said about a brain game like the ds Nintendo brain age game. So when it comes to brain training, the key is variety, novelty and level of mental challenge it provides you specifically. This is the same whether the tool being used is a pencil, paper or a brain game.
So, will playing Nintendo Brain Age Games do you any good? Well, I guess that depends on who you are and what you do.
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