So it was interesting research done by Arthur Kramer of the University of Illinois, which already continuous stream of information about how our brain can be improved foothills.

This study shows that 60 to 70 people may have cognitive brain or improving a strategic game.

From Science Digest article about the study,

“The desire for world domination, might be a good thing if you’re over 60 and afraid of losing your mental faculties. A new study has found that adults in May, in their 60s and 70s a number of cognitive functions, improve strategic video games nation-building and territorial expansion rewarded.

According to the article, “this study is the first of its kind for seniors, and is the first to find not so great influence on cognitive abilities directly with the skills learned in the video game,” said University of Illinois psychology professor Arthur Kramer, author of the study. “

“Decades of conducting laboratory studies to improve specific cognitive abilities such as short-term memory have been found repeatedly that the students said, almost exclusively to improve their work in the laboratory – and only in laboratory conditions, Kramer . » Read more: Computer Games for Brain Fitness