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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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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