Hi-Tech Calisthenics
Video games can be more than brain candy. Mounting evidence suggests that keeping the brain active can keep it healthy—staving off the effects of Alzheimer’s disease in the elderly, counteracting ADHD in the young, and enhancing memory, attention, and motor skills for everyone in between. As researchers debate how well shoot-’em-up or Sudoku skills carry over to other tasks, multiple companies rush to cash in on the hype.
