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Study: Playing board games like Chess, Mahjong, Go, helps slow cognitive decline as we age (but with clear differences in neurobiology and improved function)

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Play­ing Board Games May Slow Cog­ni­tive Decline, Improve QoL (Med­scape):

Play­ing chess or oth­er board games slows cog­ni­tive decline and improves qual­i­ty of life in old­er patients, results of a new sys­tem­at­ic review suggest.

… After search­ing the pub­lished lit­er­a­ture, Pozzi and his col­leagues select­ed 15 stud­ies for the review. The stud­ies assessed the impact of board games on old­er indi­vid­u­als at risk of, or with cog­ni­tive impair­ment, or those with mild cog­ni­tive impair­ment (MCI) at any age. [Read more…] about Study: Play­ing board games like Chess, Mahjong, Go, helps slow cog­ni­tive decline as we age (but with clear dif­fer­ences in neu­ro­bi­ol­o­gy and improved function)