Benefits of mind games
Numerous studies, articles and books have examined the belief that exercising your brain with cross words,
SUDOKU, jigsaw puzzles or other brain callisthenics, will help keep your memory and thinking skills sharp as you
age.
And researchers and advocates for the aging say it could even ward off dementia and Alzheimer's.
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