Play online bingo for mental benefits
One of the online gaming world’s most popular pastimes may actually bring health benefits, particularly if you’re in the older age category.
Playing online bingo can bring cognitive benefits, particularly in the elderly, new research has found.
Since the online bingo phenomenon began to take off in 2000, many people over 50 have reported an improvement in their memory and cognitive abilities, according to Best-online-bingo.com.
A study conducted in 2002 by Southampton University’s Psychology Department showed that playing bingo regularly can improve concentration and short-term memory even more than crosswords, backgammon or bridge.
In a new survey of 1,000 players, bingo enthusiasts explained the reasons why they chose to play bingo, with a variety of health reasons cited.
Top of the list was that it maintains their memory skills, the second reason being that it improved concentration and the third that it provided social interaction.
One in four online bingo players are over the age of 50, according to Best-online-bingo.com.