Can Playing Super Mario 64 Increase Grey Matter in the Brain, and Help Delay the Onset of Alzheimer's?

Can playing Super Mario 64 for 30 minutes a day, five days a week help prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease?By Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomThis new research study is important, andI believe Alzheimer's caregivers should take a good look at the findings.Playing 3 D video games seems to increase gray matter volume in the hippocampus and cerebellum. The kew word here is the hippocampus.New information enters the brain through the entorhinal cortex, and then is relayed to thehippocampus for short term memory storage.The hippocampus is the part of the brain that sends new memories to the different part of the brain for storage (think spatial and episodic memory). This is how we remember things.What is the Difference Between Alzheimer ’s and DementiaAlzheimer's attacks the hippocampus and as a result patients can no long store new memories.What if we could increase grey matter in the brain and thereby ward off or delay cognitive impairment?Studies indicate that if we were able to delay the onset of Alzheimer's by 5 years, the number of Alzheimer's patients living with Alzheimer's would be cut in half.Subscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading - This is a Free Service - Join NowAre Video Games Good for Older Adults' BrainsIf you're between 55 and 75 years old, you may want to try playing 3D platform games like Super Mario 64to stave off mild cognitive impairment and perhaps even prevent Alzheimer's disease.This is the finding of a new Canadian study by Universit é de Montré...
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