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Playing that daily round of Wordle or doing the daily crossword is not only a fun way to start your morning, it can also have extensive positive effects on your brain health, experts say.
Experts say that elderly people who play daily word games can exercise their brain, and potentially stave off cognitive decline and other issues that begin to arise with older age.
One expert even says that younger people playing these games daily are putting in work now that will help their brain down the line.
While the mechanism cannot be determined by experts, they have long established the trend of working out the brain by giving it simple, solvable challenges, and keeping it healthy and active.
Dr Jessica Caldwell, a neuropsychologist for Cleveland Clinic said:
Dr Ronald Petersen, director of Alzheimer’s research at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota, said that he recommends it for patients who are concerned about memory or thinking as they age.
The main benefit of the games is that they are generally fun and a person may passively take part in them without even realising doing so is helping their brain longterm.
Many people take real enjoyment out of playing word games, and the recent eruption of Wordle – which was developed by an independent game designed before being purchased by the New York Times for seven figures – shows there is an appetite for these games in the average population.
Combining that with the genuine challenge these games present, along with the potential learning of new words, phrases and ideas, can keep the brain active.
Caldwell said:
“Those are the only ways that you’re really actually exercising your brain, you’re growing new neural pathways, you’re supporting the old neural pathways, so the key is you can’t just be busy.” – MailOnline
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