Do you really think your doctor and hospital are going to embrace this cheap and easy fix for cognitive decline?
Of Course not, they will do absolutely nothing.
Don't you dare bring in your own games, you know how damned dangerous checkers is if it is not prescribed by your doctor.
http://www.spring.org.uk/2014/07/playing-games-increases-brain-size.php
Along with a brain scan, they were surveyed to see how cognitively
active they were: how much they played games, read books, went to
museums and so on.
The results showed that people who played the most games — like
crosswords, checkers, cards and puzzles — also had the largest brain
volume.
More at link.
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I think I"ll ask for Scrabble after my next stroke.
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine started a mah jongg group with weekly games to help my cognitive recovery.
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