Brain Games

There’s a new trend of paying someone or something to help you exercise your brain. These exer-games are supposed to help keep your brain active among other things. You've probably seen the commercials recently. Luminocity is just one of the websites that caters to those who want to reclaim their brains. What seem like fun computer games are said to actually help improve speed, attention, memory, problem solving, and flexibility. I see a great market for this type of product/service. It used to be that aging adults relied on cross word puzzles and other such games to keep their brains working. Luminocity claims their games and methods are based on research. While I haven’t seen this research, I do believe exercises like this would work to improve brain function. I don’t know that this would be more effective than the cross word or that it is more beneficial to pay a company to show you pictures and puzzles, but why not? If you’ve got the money it is worth a shot.