Does doing daily sudoku prevent dementia?

I never could master that game, as I have never had a good head for numbers or the logical thinking involved. But I think that and other games would be good. I am better at word games (think scrabble or boggle) and my passion of hidden object games. I do think they benefit us old folks. But I have heard that stuff like that is great.
 
i had a conversation with a woman in a coffee shop this morning. who saw me doing sudoku.
she said
sudoku wont prevent dementia. my mil got it and she was studying a uni in her seventies.
when did she get it? i asked
at age 80 .

i couldnt help thinking that at least she didnt get it much earlier.
 
I do it everyday and enjoy it. I try to beat my times. I've found I'm faster after a good night sleep, healthy eating, and a cup of coffee. I do notice a difference in short term memory improvement and focus. I used to do it in the newspaper but after canceling my subscription I've been using sudoko.com. It's free, gives you a choice of Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert, and it's faster for me than the newspaper.
 
Since our car accident 10 years ago, I have some brain damage, I was told by physicians and nurses that puzzle word and number games are the best things to get the brain working again, along with some card games like solitaire which I play on my phone every day... I believe it helps me...
 
Marie5656 said:
I never could master that game, as I have never had a good head for numbers or the logical thinking involved. But I think that and other games would be good. I am better at word games (think scrabble or boggle) and my passion of hidden object games. I do think they benefit us old folks. But I have heard that stuff like that is great.
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The brain is elastic, not fixed and rigid, and it can produce new nerve connections at any age as long as it is being kept active. There is not a lot of point concentrating just on the games and puzzles that we are naturally good at. We need to do novel tasks to develop our neural networks.

For example, I am quite good at Sudoku. I have done many of these puzzles and probably won't get any better from now on. However, I have had some difficulty remembering words that I once knew quite well. I've never bothered with crosswords until recently but have been making an effort whenever I find one in a magazine or newspaper. I don't worry about getting every clue right. The aim of the exercise is to exercise that part of my brain that deals with language. I now find that I am getting much better at the puzzles over time and am having less problems with remembering words.

The brain is involved in everything we do. Manual skills, dancing, throwing and catching, singing or playing an instrument are all controlled by the brain. All of these activities help keep the neurons firing. All are helpful to brain health.

However, dementia is the result of brain damage that can occur in various ways. One way is repeated brain bleeds. This tends to happen in my family. The best way to head this off as long as possible it to have the blood pressure under control but doing puzzles will not do a thing for this cause. Regular exercise would be much more helpful. Alzheimer's is another cause of senile dementia and for that you need a proper diagnosis and appropriate medical care. As far as I know none of the above activities will do anything to prevent Alzheimer's.
 
mike4lorie said:
Since our car accident 10 years ago, I have some brain damage, I was told by physicians and nurses that puzzle word and number games are the best things to get the brain working again, along with some card games like solitaire which I play on my phone every day... I believe it helps me...
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I play solitaire hours each day. I now can tell 90 percent of the time by looking at the deal whether I will win.
 
I think it does good and keeps brain alert - I do puzzles - all types crosswords on line ' even reading books also helps making the brain
active '
but where the car keys are beats me each day !:LOL:
 
The thing about why sudoku is so good for you is because your eyes and your brain are working together up and down...in boxes, or straight lines (both vertical and horizontal). I read once that making your brain jump around in different directions to solve a puzzle is excellent for our brain health.
 
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