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Originally Posted by zpivat  Thanks openeyes! Win Wenger is good! In fact some years ago I bought his "The Einstein Factor".
Wow...it's funny that you said that!! Guess what, these past couple months I've been trying hard to finish Sudoku puzzles as quickly as possible (i.e: constantly trying to beat my latest fastest time) while also trying to maintain accuracy, and I don't know if it's a coincidence or not, but since I started doing this, I feel like I can think quicker, and with better clarity...... |
absolutely not a coincidence. the brain is a muscle like any other. use it to make it strong
i've definitely noticed the same thing
it's also been shown that elderly people who play games like scrabble, do puzzles, crosswords, that sort of thing have a much lower incidence of Alzheimer's, dementia and those conditions of the brain which come with aging.
Use it or lose it
Chess players over time develop a sort of "chess sight" that lets them very easily visualize a chess board and go through all the potential future moves in their head. It just comes with practice, and this type of visualization skill is exactly what IQ tests measure.