I suppose, as we get older, it’s natural to worry about losing your mind, especially if you already have Alzheimer’s, or dementia running in the family. You know, you walk into a room and then can’t remember what you went in there for. Or you start to say something and then forget mid-sentence why you opened your mouth.
All the talk about “old-timers” disease has pushed me to buy a Nintendo DS, and a couple of games designed specifically to help in this area - Brain Age and Brain Age Two. If you use it every day, it’s supposed to help you use parts of your brain that you might not otherwise be using. They say your brain is just like a muscle - use it or lose it. (I fear that my brain has lost much muscle mass from watching too much Bravo).
So the game has you do a couple of tests and then tells you what your “brain age” is. The ultimate age is 20. I don’t think I’ll be attaining that anytime soon. Of course, ideally you don’t want your brain age to be any older than your body age. I’m not going to share what mine was - let’s just say I have some work to do. Hopefully with regular use, I can at least make some progress. If not, I guess it won’t matter, since I won’t know the difference.
Let’s hope for the former.
Tee hee. I bought one of these in March of this year. My first brain age test said I was 72 years old. Depressing. Since then I’ve gotten up to 55 years old, but I don’t take the test anymore out of fear. I like doing Sudoku and crossword puzzles on it, which helps my brain muscle. I think.
Ha! I need a Nintendo DS now! My poor brain is stuck in toddler talk and four year “why” questions all day! My brain age is going down to the preteens! Tell me it helps!
Yep - seems like there are quite a few of us who can benefit from a little “brain help”. We shall see.