Brain games improve reflexes

- Mon, 10 Sep 2007


A study of over 50 year-olds using brain training games has found that it significantly improves reflexes as well as short term memory.

The two year, double-blind study conducted at Tel Aviv University of 121 patients has been endorsed by one of the world's leading neuroscientists. "You are your brain and it is vital that your brain stays in the best possible working order,"  Baroness Greenfield told London's Telegraph newspaper.

The Baroness, who is director of the Royal Institution in London, said that while it has long been known that physical exercise can keep the body healthy she said "our challenge is now to increase the amount of time spent on evidence-based methods of brain exercise."

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