Online games may not boost brainpower
People playing computer games designed to improve their cognitive skills might as well be playing Super Mario, according to a new study.
More than 8,600 people ages 18 to 60 were recruited from among viewers of a British TV science show and asked to play online brain games designed to improve their memory, reasoning and other skills for at least 10 minutes a day, three times a week. They were then compared to more than 2,700 people who didn't play any brain games but spent a similar amount of time surfing the Internet and answering general knowledge questions. All participants were given a sort of IQ test before and after the experiment.
