Can playing games be good for you? A number of scientific studies suggest that board games like chess may positively influence the development of critical thinking, memory, and reasoning skills in ...

Gaming could soon be part of the national curriculum if one academic researcher has his way. Scottish primary school teacher Derek Robertson, who set up Consolarium--the Scottish Centre for Games and ...

Games like word games, puzzles, or card games can help create more brain neurons, which can slow the decline of cognition and memory related to dementia. Dementia causes a progressive loss of a person ...

They stood up and placed one hand on their stomachs and one on their throats. No clowning, no giggles, no talking. After a minute, they changed positions, moving freely around the room. A few jumped ...