In a first of its kind study, benefit of video games has been proved on the cognitive abilities of adults who aged 50 or more than that.

Study was taken out by the video-game series developer, who is also the publisher of PopCap Games and by the researcher of psychology at University of Massachusetts, Susan K Whitbourne. Findings were presented at 2011 American Psychological Association meeting, which was held in Washington.

They assessed over 10,000 adults who were playing video-game known as Bejeweled Blitz and noticed their cognitive abilities. It was conclude that those who were regular in this game have noticed improvement in their speed. They were aged at 50 and more than 47% adults said that they feel they have hat swift which is generally associated with young video game players. Those who were aged more than 65 years felt that their eye-sight has improved as well as they are able to finish video-game rounds rapidly and could also perform tough tasks in speed. This ability was found in 23% elderly people.

Both of them think that it could be a good option to improve cognitive abilities in the elderly people. Delegates who attended APA meeting found this discovery to quite exciting.