> Meditation at its core is nothing but practicing focus and self control You nailed it. Mental acuity is all about the ability to remain focused. Probably m

> Meditation at its core is nothing but practicing focus and self control You nailed it. Mental acuity is all about the ability to remain focused. Probably most of what gets written off as stupidity is really just an untrained mind that can't stay focused on a subject, task, conversation, etc. Meditation has the benefit of being restful as well as enhancing focus. Intensive game playing, while not necessarily relaxing, does inspire a greatly increased measure of focus. I am not convinced that brain games are ineffective. Weren't there recently numerous studies asserting that video game playing provided cognitive benefits?