Use it or lose it: Mind games help healthy older people too | Science News | Scoop.it
From www.sciencedaily.com - March 27, 2012 5:02 PM

Cognitive training including puzzles, handicrafts and life skills are known to reduce the risk, and help slow down the progress, of dementia amongst the elderly. A new study published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine showed that cognitive training was able to improve reasoning, memory, language and hand eye co-ordination of healthy, older adults.