Brain Fitness Program Improves Memory

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UCLA researchers found that older adults who regularly used a brain fitness program played on a computer demonstrated significantly improved memory and language skills.

The team studied 59 participants with an average age of 84, recruited from local retirement communities in Southern California.

The volunteers were split into two groups:

• the first group used a brain fitness program for an average of 73.5 (20 minute) sessions across a six-month period
• a second group played it less than 45 times during the same period.

Researchers found that the first group demonstrated significantly higher improvement in memory and language skills, compared to the second group.

Brain Fitness Program Improves Memory in Older Adults

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