Share on Pinterest Brain-training games may hold no real benefit, a new study suggests. ... A report published last year, for example, monitored the brain activity, cognitive skills, and decision-making abilities of young adults, only to conclude that brain-training games “do not boost cognition.”

Do brain games really improve your brain?

People who participate in brain games for a few hours a week have experienced lasting benefits. Research suggests that once people learn to have better control over their attention and mental processing abilities, they can apply what they learned from the brain games into day-to-day activities.

Do games improve mental performance?

Playing video games can improve your cognitive performance in a wide range of areas. For example: Playing 3D video games can improve your recognition ability and spatial memory. ... Playing video games with a physical component can improve your executive functions, attentional processing, and visuo-spatial skills.