Noize
1) Potentially the greatest game in the whole Tenzi deck, noize takes the Tenzi objective and gives it a fun twist. While you still have to match all ten die, you have to make an odd noise after each roll. This doesn't really change the outcome of any game, nor does it change any of the strategies that one might find helpful, but it creates a fun twist that is truly an enjoyable experience.
2) When reading the article about eight habits to improve cognitive function, I found that it is either impossible, or just extremely difficult to optimize brain connectivity and maximize neurogenesis when simply playing a game and staring at a 2 dimensional screen. When you play a game, a digital game in particular that boasts the ability to help stimulate your brain, it only works half of your brain. This is compared in the article as only working out your arms at the gym and skipping leg day all together. This also takes away from the time that we could be using for activities that could actually stimulate these kinds of functions, like hiking and exploring and playing a sport.
It is important that learning and developing new, important skills is key to keeping our minds sharp when we age. Playing games on a screen or a simple game don't stimulate your brain in such a way, which sort of just wastes your time. Studies have shown that simply listening to classical music and playing with a puzzle won't stimulate your brain, and in order to stay on top of things you would have to actually stay active.
In all, I don't necessarily feel that playing games like Tenzi do a whole lot to stimulate the brain. It's not a thought provoking activity and it definitely isn't something that requires a significant deal of cognitive function to complete. I guess in some ways it can help stimulate the brain is by peaking the curiosity to learn about the statistics of getting different rolls, which in a way can increase your cognitive functionality by increasing your intelligence in some ways.
2) When reading the article about eight habits to improve cognitive function, I found that it is either impossible, or just extremely difficult to optimize brain connectivity and maximize neurogenesis when simply playing a game and staring at a 2 dimensional screen. When you play a game, a digital game in particular that boasts the ability to help stimulate your brain, it only works half of your brain. This is compared in the article as only working out your arms at the gym and skipping leg day all together. This also takes away from the time that we could be using for activities that could actually stimulate these kinds of functions, like hiking and exploring and playing a sport.
It is important that learning and developing new, important skills is key to keeping our minds sharp when we age. Playing games on a screen or a simple game don't stimulate your brain in such a way, which sort of just wastes your time. Studies have shown that simply listening to classical music and playing with a puzzle won't stimulate your brain, and in order to stay on top of things you would have to actually stay active.
In all, I don't necessarily feel that playing games like Tenzi do a whole lot to stimulate the brain. It's not a thought provoking activity and it definitely isn't something that requires a significant deal of cognitive function to complete. I guess in some ways it can help stimulate the brain is by peaking the curiosity to learn about the statistics of getting different rolls, which in a way can increase your cognitive functionality by increasing your intelligence in some ways.