Wall Street Journal Reviews Brain Fitness Software, Finds No Cle. The Wall Street Journal's look at brain exercise software agreed with us on their effectiveness but treated the market leader far better than we did. In " Putting Brain Exercises to the Test ," (link requires subscription) Kelly Greene reports that "Scientists don't universally accept the use-it-or-lose-it mantra. ... For the moment, definitive answers to the question -- Will brain exercise help me? -- will have to wait for additional testing. " That's what we reported in our review of Nintendo's Brain Age.
However, the WSJ's reviewing panel was far more enamored of Brain Age than our lukewarm review : "Our testers, two of their husbands and a couple of teenage kids loved using this set of games on the go. " They did note one problem we missed, which is that your "brain age" can drop by decades in just a few days -- making one wonder just how scientific that metric is. Boomer "Brain Fitness" Big Business. In this photo provided by Nintendo, Ethel Bockman, 94, right, and Stella Zielecki, 88, both of Manhattan, play Brain Age 2 on Nintendo DS, in this Friday, Sept. 28, 2007 file photo, at The Carter Burden Center for the Aging in New York. Nintendo visited the center to show off video games that appeal to adults.
(AP Photo/Nintendo, Diane Bondareff, FILE) AP PHOTO Chester Santos has been training his brain for seven years. At 32, he's not worried about losing his memory. He's taking advantage of a growing market in "brain fitness" spurred by aging baby boomers. Teenagers cramming for tests and people worried about "senior moments" can now turn to an explosion of brain-assisting video games, such as Nintendo's Brain Age; puzzles that are said to ward off dementia, such as Sudoku and crosswords; and online tips that claim to train the brain.
"This is not just a Nintendo-fueled fad," he says. "People are worried," says Dr. That hasn't stopped brain fitness programs from making claims. Lifespace Communities Plans National Rollout of Dakim BrainFitne. The Human Brain - Exercise. In a sedentary group of people aged 60 to 75, University of Illinois researchers introduced them to a fitness regime. For six months the elders had either an aerobic or non-aerobic workout for up to 90 minutes, three times a week. "We chose couch potatoes," said the study's lead author, cognitive neuroscientist Arthur Kramer. The 214 healthy adults hadn't been involved in any physical exercise for the previous 5 to 10 years. "Indeed most of our subjects hadn't done any formal exercise for more like 30 or 40 years. " One group took long walks three times a week, and the other only did gentle toning and stretching exercises using weights. "We see selective cognitive benefits which accompany improvement in aerobic fitness," says Kramer.
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The nation’s largest study on brain fitness was performed in 2002 by the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) and their results showed that a large percentage of participants over the age of 65 improved memory, reasoning and information-processing speed when they participated in training for five days per week. In addition, the study showed a 47% lower risk of dementia in participants who worked crossword puzzles four days a week than those who only worked the puzzles once a week. These results play into the notion of “Use it or Lose it” when it comes to cognitive aging. Posit Science Dakim BrainFitness CogniFit.