Brain Games Brain Fitness
The idea of playing brain training games is to retain brain fitness or cognitive ability into old age. Something all of us dread as we get older is the decline in our mental acuity. For me playing scientific brain training games is a lot easier than motivating myself to go to the gym, even though I know quite well that physical fitness is also very important.
One way to retain brain fitness as the years go by is to keep using your brain; solving puzzles, memory and recognition tasks,working under time pressure and other aspects of brain function if used regularly will not atrophy.
This is particularly important once you retire because problem solving etc are every day features of life in the workplace. Once we no longer have a career and children, if any, have flown the nest it can be very relaxing to no longer have to think so hard. But studies show that if we let the let the brain relax for too long it will retire too. If you keep your brain exercised it is thought that brain fitness can be retained. Play the online games regularly to keep the brain well oiled and you’ll be as sharp as a pin until well into your dotage.
If this sounds like hard work don’t worry, it isn’t. In fact you will probably find yourself looking forward to your brain training time. For me playing brain fitness games is a welcome addition to my day’s activities. I think of it as a play break and try to play for 20 minutes at least twice a day. Because there are a great variety of brain training games and they each have many skill levels you won’t find it boring and its fun to track your brain fitness over time as your scores improve.
Lumosity provide a free 2 week trial so you can see whether you enjoy the games before you commit yourself. I signed up for this last week and am enjoying taking little breaks to do the puzzles.
You do have to provide your credit card details even though you will not be charged for those first 2 weeks. Don’t worry as this is a reputable well established company. I tested them out by emailing their contact address and I did get a satisfactory response. I always do this before parting with money or credit cards online and recommend it to you as a safety check.
Brain fitness training games may help you to stay as smart as you are and in the process you can release your inner child as you play little games and puzzles!
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