A recent study published in Psychology and Aging suggests that playing video games can improve memory, reasoning power, as well as other mental kehlian in the elderly.
The study involved 39 healthy parents (average age 69-70 years) who lived near the University of Illinois at Urbana. None of those video game players when the study began.
First, the participants follow some variation of mental tests. Next, they divided into two groups. During the next two months, people in one group plays video games 15 strategy session, called Rise of Nations, each session lasted 90 minutes. Meanwhile, people in the group that the two do not play video games of any type.
In Rise of Nations game, each player chooses one country and their task is to increase the territory, build cities, build buildings that symbolize greatness in the city, build infrastructure, to survive from enemy attacks by using diplomacy and espionage.
This game is associated with problems and ways of handling with geopolitics, asks a variety of tasks, as well as cunning and courage membutukan balanced.
The study involved 39 healthy parents (average age 69-70 years) who lived near the University of Illinois at Urbana. None of those video game players when the study began.
First, the participants follow some variation of mental tests. Next, they divided into two groups. During the next two months, people in one group plays video games 15 strategy session, called Rise of Nations, each session lasted 90 minutes. Meanwhile, people in the group that the two do not play video games of any type.
In Rise of Nations game, each player chooses one country and their task is to increase the territory, build cities, build buildings that symbolize greatness in the city, build infrastructure, to survive from enemy attacks by using diplomacy and espionage.
This game is associated with problems and ways of handling with geopolitics, asks a variety of tasks, as well as cunning and courage membutukan balanced.
"You need a merchant. You need the troops to protect yourself and you also have to use some of your resources to finance education and obtain food," said researcher Chandramallika Basak, PhD, in a news release.
"The game is focused on setting and resource planning, which is very important for parents because most of them plan and manage their resources individually.
The advantages of video game players
When the study ended, their mental abilities tested again. Compared with those who do not play video games, the Rise of Nations players showed greater improvement in the workings of the brain recall, short-term memory, reasoning power, and the ability to switch tasks.
The researchers say that mreka do not know whether the study will show a different result if the comparable group plays a different game types rather than just sit without doing anything. (*)
source: mediaindonesia.com
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