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Study: For healthy older adults, social brain training offers the most clear benefits

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If Home Brain Train­ing Apps Don’t Work, What Does? (Health­line):

“In a study pub­lished online Nov. 18 in PLOS Med­i­cine, Aus­tralian researchers reviewed 52 pre­vi­ous stud­ies that looked at the ben­e­fits of com­put­er­ized brain train­ing soft­ware for 4,885 healthy seniors. While brain train­ing pro­grams like Lumos­i­ty, Cogmed, and Posit Sci­ence promise to help you strength­en your brain, the new study found most­ly small benefits.

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Brain training and brain teasers are part of Novelty, Variety, Challenge

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brainsBrain fit­ness can include play­ing train­ing games on com­put­ers (Los Ange­les Times):

“…Today, the term “fit­ness” is as like­ly to encom­pass the body as it is the mind…Fernandez says that the key com­po­nents of any brain-train­ing pro­gram are nov­el­ty, vari­ety and chal­lenge — fac­tors that [Read more…] about Brain train­ing and brain teasers are part of Nov­el­ty, Vari­ety, Challenge

What is the combined effect of physical and mental training?

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exercisePhys­i­cal exer­cise and men­tal exer­cise are both ben­e­fi­cial for the brain. Each can improve brain func­tions and decrease risks of cog­ni­tive decline over time. This rais­es the ques­tion of their com­par­a­tive and com­bined effects: Is one bet­ter than the oth­er? Are their ben­e­fits addi­tive (1 + 1 =2) or per­haps even syn­er­gis­tic (1 + 1 =3)? [Read more…] about What is the com­bined effect of phys­i­cal and men­tal training?