Brain games

According to experts, doing puzzles keeps our brains fit and 0 _____. As well as gaining 17 _____ from finding the correct answer to a difficult problem, we give our brains a good workout in the process. To help us do this, all sorts of handheld ‘brain games’ are now available in the shops, and the most 18 _____ games have sold in their millions.

What’s more, people 19 _____ that the more they play the games, the easier it is to find a 20 _____ to the problems posed. They see this as proof that there has been an 21 _____ in the power of their brains. Unfortunately, however, this may be a false impression.

Some 22 _____ argue that the brain gets better at any taskthe more often it is repeated. In other words, the improvement in the 23 _____ of the brain is something that happens naturally.So although these brain games are obviously fun to play, it remains 24 _____ whether they are actually helping to boost brainpower or not.