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Maybe they're not being marketed this way, but I was under the impression the benefit possibly offered by brain games like this is slowing cognitive decline in
by nonameiguess 5y ago
Maybe they're not being marketed this way, but I was under the impression the benefit possibly offered by brain games like this is slowing cognitive decline in old age, not making otherwise healthy people smarter.
- kiba 5y agoIf that were the case, you would see some difference in the performance metric on tests.
- lupire 5y agoThis study only looked at people playing for up to 18months, and not focused on elderly, not the years you'd need to prevent cognitive decline. Also, not a randomized controlled study, so didn't check for confounding factors like non--brain-gamers engaging in other thinking activities. And apparently didn't check for how much time was spent per day on brain games or other thinking activities. Also, pet peeve, article ends with the researcher exposing her anti-braingame bias and making uninformed speculation unrelated to the study, presenting it as fact.