{"id":7665,"date":"2017-12-12T16:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/12\/playing_super_mario_64_could_help_fight_off_alzheimerrs_disease"},"modified":"2017-12-12T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T16:45:00","slug":"playing-super-mario-64-could-help-fight-off-alzheimers-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/12\/12\/playing-super-mario-64-could-help-fight-off-alzheimers-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing Super Mario 64 Could Help Fight Off Alzheimer\u2019s Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"news5.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/12\/playing_super_mario_64_could_help_fight_off_alzeimers_disease\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/12\/playing_super_mario_64_could_help_fight_off_alzeimers_disease\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"news5.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Somehow, deep down, we knew all those years of playing the greatest 3D platformer ever made (no, we don&#8217;t mean <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_odyssey\"><strong>Super Mario Odyssey<\/strong><\/a>, but that little beauty certainly came close) would pay off because a new report suggests playing <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/n64\/super_mario_64\"><strong>Super Mario 64<\/strong><\/a> could help keep your brain fit and healthy (especially in your later years).<\/p>\n<p>No, you haven&#8217;t lost the plot &#8211; Super Mario 64 is actually good for you! The source of this Nintendo-branded healing comes from a new study published by the University of Montreal, where a gaggle of 33 volunteers aged 55 to 75 were split into three groups and each set a different challenge. One group had to learn to play piano on a computer, another didn&#8217;t have to do anything at all, while a third was tasked with completing the N64 classic in 30 minute sessions over the course of six months.<\/p>\n<p>Can you guess which group ended up with the most positive results? Yup, those attempting to slide their way down Cold, Cold Mountain saw significant growth in grey matter in a parts of the brain known as the cerebellum and the hippocampus (with the former used for control and balance and the latter helps form long-term memories). The theory is 3D platformers are all about learning to navigate a new environment, which can help develop cognitive maps and improve brain function over all.<\/p>\n<p>What do you guys make of this? Are there any other Nintendo games that could help keep your noodle in good nick?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somehow, deep down, we knew all those years of playing the greatest 3D platformer ever made (no, we don&#8217;t mean Super Mario Odyssey, but that little beauty certainly came close) would pay off because a new report suggests playing Super Mario 64 could help keep your brain fit and healthy (especially in your later years). [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}