Video game helps elderly keep their minds sharp


  • Health
  • Friday, 06 Sep 2013

The game, NeuroRacer, requires participants to race a car around a winding road while a series of road signs pop up. Drivers are told to keep alert for a specific kind of road sign, and to press a button when it appears. – Andrey Popov/Shutterstock.com

A video game shows the brain is more ‘plastic’, or versatile, in healthy ageing people than thought.

A VIDEO game can help elderly people fight cognitive decline, scientists reported in the journal Nature on Wednesday.

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