Alzheimer's Society announce new research into brain training
A year-long study has been launched to test whether brain training keeps our brains active. We want to encourage people over the age of 60 to get involved with this trial.
Millions of people play Brain Training games or puzzle over crosswords to keep their brains active. There are claims that practicing mental exercises like these will improve or maintain mental performance as we get older. However, as yet there is very little scientific evidence to support these claims.
Alzheimer's Society is working with the BBC and researchers at King's College London to carry out the first large-scale clinical trial into the benefits of Brain Training. It is hoped that the trial will begin to show whether Brain Training might be developed as a preventative treatment against the onset of dementia.
The Stroke Association is pleased to be supporting this important work and we’d like to encourage as many people as possible to take part.
The trial was launched by the BBC on the TV programme 'Bang Goes The Theory' on 7 September 2009.
The trial is open to anyone over the age of 18, although Alzheimer's Society is particularly interested in recruiting people over 60.
These people will help answer important questions about whether Brain Training could help improve or stabilize brain function in older adults. This will inform research and development of potential treatments in the future.
Although the trial is scheduled to run for one year, you need to sign up now before recruitment ends. Don’t miss your chance to be a part of this innovative, exciting new research.
Follow the link below to play a specially designed game and find out how to take part in the first ever online clinical trial. Your participation could make a real difference to people with dementia, now and in the future.
www.alzheimers.org.uk/braintrain
Together we can defeat this devastating condition.
