Study: For better memory and thinking skills at age 70 (and beyond), play cards and board games from age 11

By SharpBrains | December 17, 2019

___ Cards, board games could ward off cog­ni­tive decline (UPI): “Play­ing cards and board games like chess, bin­go and Scrab­ble might be the men­tal work­out you need to keep your wits as you age, Scot­tish researchers sug­gest. Peo­ple in their 70s who reg­u­lar­ly play board games score high­er on tests of mem­o­ry and think­ing skills…

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Top 30 Brain Health and Fitness Articles of 2008

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 23, 2008

Here you have Sharp­Brains’ 30 most pop­u­lar arti­cles, ranked by the num­ber of peo­ple who have read each arti­cle in 2008. Please note that, since the first arti­cle already includes most of our most pop­u­lar brain teasers, we have exclud­ed teasers from the rest of the rank­ing. (If those 50 are not enough for you, you…

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