A tuneup via computer for older brains

26.07.10

Rena Wiseman says, "I like the birds and the flowers."

But the leaves, well, "you can leave them there."

Wiseman, 88, is talking about InSight, a brain fitness program developed by Posit Science Corp.

The Leisure World Seal Beach resident started playing InSight's "games" four years ago as part of a University of Southern California research program on older adults and computer use.

"Each game is so good," she says. "I don't think it changed my mental ability, but it keeps me more active. I'm always thinking. Always observing."

She equates it with exercise - "fun exercise" - such as the ballroom dancing she did several nights a week with her late husband, Maurice.

"Exercise is good for you," she says. "And if you enjoy doing it, it's even better because you will. Do it, that is."

Recently, a research team from UC San Francisco agreed with Wiseman. The scientists cited the Posit program as the first to show that practicing simple visual tasks can improve the accuracy of short-term or working visual memory.

Source: Press of Atlantic City

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