Nintendo game makes it fun and easy to keep your brain from going soft: 'Brain Age' lets friends compete; compare mental age

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: April 25, 2006| Author: Jinny Gudmundsen | Copyright information

Exercise for your brain?

Professor Ryuta Kawashima, a Japanese neurologist, believes doing short mental exercises every day helps keep your brain sharp or "young." His theories are the basis of a new software title for the Nintendo DS called "Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day."

"Brain Age" challenges players with a variety of minigames that provide a mental workout. Some of the activities include doing math problems, reading out loud, counting syllables in passages...

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