| Legend11 said: I can't stand Brain Age because I consider it Nintendo duping the public by claiming it helps maintain mental alertness even though there's no known study or any type of proof to support that claim. Nintendo itself refuses to come clean about it and provide any scientific evidence at all. |
"Brain Age is the first of a planned series of brain games from Nintendo. It includes word and number puzzles, connect-the-dots exercises and other challenges. Most of the activities are timed. When the player is finished, the game issues a "brain age" that is tracked on a graph to show progress over the weeks and months the brain-exercise regimen is completed. The goal is for the brain age to be at least equal to or below the player's actual age.
The game taps into a growing body of medical research suggesting that brain teasers and problem-solving games can improve memory and brain function in older people, even those with dementia."
Certainly no one has studied the impace of Brain Age specifically, but the puzzle book it was based on was created in response to studies which demonstrated the benefits of those types of puzzles.
