I read an article a while back talking about how games like that don't boost the brain's overall ability to think and reason quickly in general, they just impro

I read an article a while back talking about how games like that don't boost the brain's overall ability to think and reason quickly in general, they just improve your brain's performance on those games. That is to say, you're not getting smarter or faster, you're just getting better at Brain Age. This isn't the article I remember, but it's a good counter-example to the games' claims: http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2009/0126/nintendos-brain-age-doesnt-work-researcher-says http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2009/0126/ninte...