It was revealed by researches that playing reasoning, memory or any other brain games will not make a person mentally stronger as well as smarter.

11,430 people were involved in a study. As a matter of fact, “training” did not manage to improve the function of brains. But better results showed when people were answering general questions on the Internet.   Actually, the results did not change, although it was decided to increase the frequency of playing the games. Such decision was made, considering that more training would show better results.

Nowadays a big number of companies offer brain-training software to the elderly as well as baby boomers aiming to ward off dementia and strengthen the mind. The result of the study were published in the journal Nature, suggesting that users just waste their money on useless games. It is better to learn a foreign language or read a good book than spending money on a brain trainer.

As a matter of fact, the training was conducted during six weeks. Among the participants, there were people who played such games several times as well as “fanatics” that experienced such games hundreds of times. According to the study, no particular differences were shown between the two groups.

Improvements were noticed when people played games repetitively. But still changes turned out to be small. A game which requires people to remember numbers’ location would lead to the fact that gamers managed to find more numbers. According to researches, it is necessary to train daily during 4 years in order to remember one extra digit and it will not improve the overall training.