Can Bingo Boost Cognition?

Just in case you needed another reason to love shouting "Bingo!" - a new study has found that using large, high-contrast bingo cards can improve cognitive skills and visual perception.

The researchers observed a group of healthy seniors, healthy younger adults and seniors with Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and other types of dementia playing bingo. They discovered that when participants played bingo on computer screens that had been adjusted for size, color contrast and brightness, the seniors with mild dementia performed as well as their healthy peers.

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