Playing Backgammon Helps to Protect Your Brain

A recent survey, conducted by http://www.1on1backgammon.com, and which was concluded mid May 2006, has found that players of online backgammon feel considerable improvement in their mental and cognitive skills. One regular player added a note to his questionnaire stating that "since I started playing backgammon, I'm much sharper as a lawyer."

Scientists have been trying to figure out the link between playing mind games such as backgammon and maintaining a healthy brain function. Various studies serve to show that people who are intellectually active are less likely to have mental deterioration as they age. These studies prove that without continuing exercise to the brain, the thinking functions do not maintain their strength.

The Backgammon-brain connection is concise and appears in a recent study in the journal Neurology, back in December 2004. The study demonstrated that playing backgammon and other intellectually stimulating activities helps prevent symptoms of Alzheimer disease.

In another study, published June 2003 in the NY times, 469 people aged 75 and older were tested for various types of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. Those who participated at least twice a week in playing backgammon games were significantly less likely to develop dementia.