Wonderland: Old folks listen up: playing strategy games is good for your brain: "The University of Illinois psych department has just published the results of a study into the improvement of cognitive functions via 'training' on a videogame:
Specifically, the researchers wondered whether interactive video games might benefit those cognitive functions that decline most with age.
'Older people tend to fare less well on things that are called executive control processes,' Kramer said. 'These include things like scheduling, planning, working memory, multitasking and dealing with ambiguity.'"
