Brain Aerobics
Posted On August 28, 2008
Thinking about thinking games is not enough. You have to actually DO those thinking games.
But according to research from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the chances of you “slip sliding away” into the cognitive fog of dementia can be reduced by a whopping 75% by playing mental games. Here’s the summary.
What kind of thinking stimulants do you need?
- Cards
- Checkers
- Chess
- Crosswords
- Sudoku puzzles
- Scrabble
- Math calculations (ditch the caculator … on purpose!)
Sometimes when you say, “let’s play cards” or “let’s play scrabble”, you are met with the groan of an inertia that pulls us into inaction. That said, once you get going, they do have fun (provided you have an age appropriate game).
You can make it a part of your own traditions to be “game players”. This sets a pattern of mental fun and stimulation that will benefit them long after they’ve forgotten about your killer-triple-word-score-rally-from-behind-to-trounce-the-field maneuver.
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