A number of scientists have disputed claims that brain training games can improve your memory and keep your mind healthy. Consumer magazine Which? assembled a team of experts to examine the research behind such claims and found that there wasn’t much evidence to back them up.

Brain Training’s instruction booklet says “training can help consolidate memory and creativity and may hopefully help develop a resistance against decline in later life”. But the Which? panel of scientists disagreed. “There is no evidence that using this product will have any functional impact on your life whatsoever,” they said. The scientists also reached similar conclusions after examining fellow brain training games Mindfit, Test and Improve Your Memory, Lumosity and Mind Spa. “If people enjoy using these games, then they should continue to do so – that’s a no-brainer,” said Which? editor Martyn Hocking. “But if people are under the illusion that these devices are scientifically proven to keep their minds in shape, they need to think again.” Do you feel mentally energised after a session with Dr. Kawashima or Big Brain Academy?

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