By AFPMore by this AuthorCould playing video games help keep the brain agile as we age? There was no significant difference in risk of dementia for the strategy-based memory or reasoning training groups. The findings are published a peer-reviewed journal of the Alzheimer's Association known as Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions. According to Doug Brown, director of research at Alzheimer's Society, the study is "positive" in that it spanned a decade and compared several kinds of brain training. "This study hints that a particular type of brain training may help people to ward off dementia, but due to limitations of the research, we can't confidently conclude this," he said.

Source: Daily Nation November 17, 2017 07:30 UTC