ICT assignment Part 2

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As part of my ICT assignment I was asked write a summary of an article relating to some area of technology that interests me. I decided to research the Nintendo DS and the Brain Age games, I thought this topic was good as it included an element of psychology by looking at the brain and also the technology element. I found a number of articles, which were really interesting.

The article described how successful the Brain Age games were for all ages by presenting a number of simple challenges for the player that are under a time limit. These challenges include Sudoku puzzles, written activities, spoken activities, memory games and math problems. At the end of each activity you get a score starting from twenty, which is a perfect brain age. Your score is determined by the speed of your response to the activity. If your response is slow or if you get too many wrong answers your brain age increases so you could be eighteen with a brain score of seventy six, which is a bit worrying! However by playing the game every day and training your brain you have a chance to lower your brain age to a perfect twenty.

According to Dr. Kawashima, a neuroscientist and also the maker of this game, who has conducted tests on brain activity for over twenty years, certain types of activities stimulate brain activity. As we all know our brain ages as we do and brain activity decreases. Therefore, all the activities compiled on this game are aimed to stimulate activity in the brain and keep your brain “on its toes”, so to speak.