Computer games
that are designed to exercise your memory skills do not work, according to
experts. While the brain fitness market has boomed in the past few years,
raking in about $125 million between 2005 and 2007, most experts say there is
no proof they actually do anything more than entertain.
Dr. Paul Aisen,
director of the Memory Disorders Program at Georgetown University said there is
no valid evidence that they preserve memory, and certainly no evidence that
they ward off dementia or mental illnesses. Jo Ann O'Quinn, professor in
the school of applied sciences at the University of Mississippi said
that such games were a money-making scam when it comes to Alzheimer's and
dementia. She said that these were brain disorders that affect the most
intelligent and mentally active people.
It is insulting to think that if they
had done more brain exercises they might have been able to stave off the
ravages of the disease. So far there has been no study to prove that these
brain games can ward off cognitive decline, or even improve one's daily to
remember.
We are sticking to our strong coffee.
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