Stuff Your Brain Likes

For more years that I care to think about, we’ve been developing and publishing games for personal computers. Our focus has been casual games, likes cards, chess, puzzles, strategy, logic and other types of entertainment software.

Sure, it’s fun but we also believe that there are significant benefits to be gained from playing these casual games.

No matter what type of game you play, you gain some mental stimulus from the activity. Is that important somehow?

Yes!

Because as the years go ripping by, your brain changes with age and some of those changes can impede your memory and ability to think clearly.

So you’ll be pleased to know that playing games has lots of benefits. They can:

• Quicken your reflexes
• Improve your power of observation
• Sharpen strategic thinking skills and other mental abilities
• Improve your concentration
• Sharpen your thought process
• Provide a sense of accomplishment
• Relieve stress and relax you
• Plus these games are fun to play

Playing games can build up your cognitive reserve which refers to the brain’s ability to develop and maintain extra neurons and connections between them via axons and dendrites.

The brain requires continued stresses to maintain or enhance its strength. This stimulation appears to create a greater number of healthy nerve cells and the connections between them.

Medical professionals point out that stimulating mental activities and stress relief can contribute to a long and productive life.

Don’t take my word for it. Check out what these experts are saying:

“Games can keep you sharp as you get older.”
– New England Journal of Medicine

“This kind of mental stimulation can cause the brain to produce high levels of immune cells that battle disease and help keep brain tissue and blood vessels healthy.”
– Center on Aging, Health and Humanities, George Washington University.

“If you continue to learn and challenge yourself, your brain continues to grow, literally. An active brain produces new connections between nerves and cells. This helps your brain store and retrieve information more easily.”
– Excerpt from the book “The Mayo Clinic Plan For Healthy Aging”

“Increased mental activity throughout life appears to preserve brainpower.”
– Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, 2/21/06

I’m no PhD (I was absent that day). But I’m an expert at games (It’s a living). If you’d like to check out the games we’ve published that I think are good for your brain, visit our website at:

http://www.braingamessoftware.com/

And stop by here once in awhile for news about the benefits of playing games.

Thanks.