Brain games could help prevent your brain from shrinking. Your brain decreases naturally in size as you age, but a new study shows that brain games may help add years to your life. In a new study, researchers had participants go through brain training exercises, including playing brain games “that the researchers specifically tailored [these games] to focus on each person’s individual weaknesses…At the end of the trial, the researchers administered the cognitive tests to see if people had improved. And they had. The average person in the study improved in about five of the 10 cognitive areas. 84% of people showed significant improvement in at least three of the areas of cognitive function.” Further research is necessary since this study was small and did not have a placebo group making the results very limited