Brain game may reduce risk of Alzheimer’s and other dementias

Brain game may reduce risk of Alzheimer’s and other dementias

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — A certain type of brain training appears to prevent or delay dementia by some 25% in people older than age 65, according to new research. Surprisingly, it wasn’t memory or problem-solving tasks that moved the needle — it was an interactive computerized game that tested the ability to recognize two separate images in faster and faster sequences. The game shows the user one of two vehicles in a desert, town or farmla…