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 Scientific research confirms what all bingo players
know: namely, that playing bingo sharpens your brainpower, boosts your memory and improves your mental speed.
In a 2002 study reported by BBC News, Julie Winstone (the University of Southampton's Centre for Visual Cognition at the Department of Psychology) measured the response of 112 people in two groups - people who play bingo and those who do not. Here are some of her findings:
- Bingo players clearly outperform non-bingo people when it comes to mental speed, the ability to memorize information and the time that memories stay retained, and are more accurate and aware of their surroundings.
- The rapid hand-eye coordination, which normally declines with age, is not only intact in elder bingo players, but actually better compared to young people who do not play bingo.
- Bingo players are better at pattern recognition that those who do not play the game.
- Incredibly, older bingo players performed a number of tasks faster and with greater accuracy than younger players, which is attributed to beneficial effects of long-term high mental activity levels.
"Bingo is just as valuable an activity to take part in as bridge, or doing puzzles" (Julie Winstone)
"For those people who play bingo, it gives them a great deal of interest and a great deal of excitement. People go and have a bit of fun. but they have to concentrate too. It's good for people. It stops them becoming a couch potato." (Kelvin Stacey, spokesman for Rank Group Gambling Division)
Apart from improved mental abilities, the social aspect of bingo should also not be underestimated. Today in
2012 despite advances in the means of communications many people feel more lonely than ever, and online bingo forums and communities bring people together and forges friendships, contributing to your overall well-being.
Therefore, if you had any doubts before, now you know: any way you look at it, playing bingo is great for you. It is entertaining, social and fun, and fantastic for your mental abilities.
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