Study: Video games good for older brains

Carleton Bryant The Washington Times - December 22, 2008, 06:31AM

A study of people in their 60s and 70s found that strategy-heavy video games helped improve their cognitive functions, Reuters is reporting.

So video games can help make older people smarter? That’s a surprise, because what I’ve seen suggests that they make younger people dumber.

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Carleton Bryant

Carleton Bryant is a senior editor at The Washington Times, where he oversees the National and Metropolitan desks. He also serves as the newsroom’s internship coordinator. He has served as an assistant managing editor; a National, Metropolitan and Features desk editor; an assistant National desk editor; and a reporter on the National and Metro desks.