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Brain games a scam?
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RE: Brain games a scam?
I think pretty much any video game will, in one way or another, make you exercise your cognitive functions. Even a simple game like Mario requires that you grasp the physics of his movement before you have any chance of success. A specific combination of timing and precision gets you results, and those are skills that can translate into many other applications.

In that spirit, yeah, games advertised for this specific purpose aren't necessarily being untruthful, but they are being very disingenuous.

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Brain games a scam? - by Tea Earl Grey Hot - May 16, 2014 at 12:40 pm
RE: Brain games a scam? - by vorlon13 - May 16, 2014 at 12:55 pm
RE: Brain games a scam? - by Confused Ape - May 16, 2014 at 1:19 pm
RE: Brain games a scam? - by Fidel_Castronaut - May 16, 2014 at 1:35 pm
RE: Brain games a scam? - by Confused Ape - May 16, 2014 at 1:48 pm
RE: Brain games a scam? - by Fidel_Castronaut - May 16, 2014 at 6:54 pm
RE: Brain games a scam? - by Chad32 - May 16, 2014 at 1:41 pm
RE: Brain games a scam? - by SteelCurtain - May 16, 2014 at 1:42 pm
RE: Brain games a scam? - by FlyingNarwhal - May 16, 2014 at 1:43 pm
RE: Brain games a scam? - by Clueless Morgan - May 16, 2014 at 3:12 pm
RE: Brain games a scam? - by pocaracas - May 17, 2014 at 6:21 pm
RE: Brain games a scam? - by Clueless Morgan - May 19, 2014 at 11:01 am
RE: Brain games a scam? - by Clueless Morgan - May 28, 2014 at 11:58 am
RE: Brain games a scam? - by pocaracas - May 28, 2014 at 12:07 pm
RE: Brain games a scam? - by Clueless Morgan - May 29, 2014 at 11:27 am
RE: Brain games a scam? - by Chad32 - May 16, 2014 at 4:39 pm
RE: Brain games a scam? - by Losty - May 16, 2014 at 4:55 pm
RE: Brain games a scam? - by rexbeccarox - May 16, 2014 at 4:44 pm
RE: Brain games a scam? - by Ryantology - May 16, 2014 at 4:48 pm
RE: Brain games a scam? - by vorlon13 - May 17, 2014 at 12:58 pm
RE: Brain games a scam? - by Bittersmart - May 27, 2014 at 9:08 pm
RE: Brain games a scam? - by pocaracas - May 29, 2014 at 11:57 am

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