Wouldn\u2019t it be awesome if playing video games were actually good for you? Well, you\u2019re in luck. A recent New York Times story reported on a new study showing that playing simple video games might actually make your brain younger.<\/p>\n
Benefits<\/b><\/p>\n
According to the story, a fairly easy video game requiring players to swerve around cars and pick out road signs can improve the short-term memory and long-term focus of older adults. Amazingly, the story says, some players as old as 80 began showing the same neurological patters of people in their 20s.<\/p>\n
It Doesn\u2019t Fade<\/b><\/p>\n
And the best news? This benefit didn\u2019t end once the video game did. Researchers told the Times that participants benefitted from the younger-brain attributes when carrying out normal day-to-day activities.<\/p>\n
Space Invaders for life?<\/b><\/p>\n
So, it might be time for our older readers to crack out their long-abandoned copies of Pac-Man and Space Invaders. Whatever helps build a younger brain ought to be embraced. If it takes a few hours of shooting down aliens or gobbling dots to do it? That’s even better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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