Online Games
Cognitive Thinking Benefits
You have probably heard of the new wave of Brain Games that are all the rage in the gaming industry and on the internet lately. Seemingly they promote their games as beneficial to your thinking, reasoning, and memory skills. Medical research also seems to back up this theory that playing games can help keep your mind active and healthy. Do you have to pay a website that advertises themselves as having brain games to reap the benefits?
First, we should look at how these games are said to improve your mental functioning. The more you utilize a skill, the more adept you become at that particular skill. The same thing is applicable to all types of thought processes and reasoning concepts. Different types of games exercise different mental skills. For example:
| Game | Mental Exercise |
|---|---|
| Solitiare | memory, concentration, logical reasoning |
| Mahjong | visual perception, problem solving |
| Pool | cause & effect prediction, spatial awareness, focus, concentration |
| Pinball | concentration, reaction time |
| Matching Games (pyramid solitaire, memory match) | analytical thinking, memory |
In synopsis, any game you play can be analyzed for mental benefits as long as you are actively using your brain you are in essence keeping yourself mentally young. Who knew the things that we enjoy doing in our spare time, such as online games, would prove to have such medical benefit. So the next time someone starts complaining about online gaming, you can have proof that they are in fact actually mentally healthy for you.
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