如果您喜欢社交网站或者视频游戏，那么现在有一款融合两者乐趣同时又能锻炼脑部活动的社交游戏产品。

本周三，专业开发脑部锻炼游戏的Posit Science公司发布了一款能够帮助玩家锻炼脑部活动的社交游戏Brain Odyssey，该游戏的目标用户为Baby Boomer一代（指出生于二战后生育高峰期的中老年人）。Posit Science公司宣称其通过具有“临床验证”的神经学研究以提高玩家的认识性能。

Brain Odyssey

游戏发生在各个不同的虚拟城市中，鼓励玩家参与各种网络任务挑战以达到锻炼脑部的功效。

Posit Science的合作创办者兼首席科学主任Dr. Michael Merzenich在电话访问中表示，多年来公司对人们的脑部活动，视频游戏和各种网络科技进行了长期研究。通过这些研究，他们发现玩游戏其实可以帮助锻炼脑部的记忆功能，提高视觉处理的速度和准确性。

该公司的董事长兼首席执行官Steven Aldrich指出公司的最新研究还刊登在《美国老年病学会志》上。文中指出，该公司开发的脑部锻炼软件可以降低50%老年人发生车祸的危险性。

Mr. Aldrich最后表示，“我们认为这是一个极好的机会开发这样一款即好玩又能促进脑部活动的社交游戏。Brain Odyssey为中老年人玩游戏提供了一个合情合理的理由。”（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，转载请注明来源：游戏邦）

If you like social networks and video games, a new product that mashes the two together could help exercise your brain while keeping it entertained online.

On Wednesday, Posit Science, a company specializing in games that are designed to exercise the brain, introduced Brain Odyssey, a social online game that is meant to help the brains of baby boomers. The company says its site uses “clinically proven” neuroscience research to improve cognitive performance.

The game takes place in a series of virtual cities and encourages users to explore and engage with a number of brain training exercises while plodding through a series of challenges online.

Dr. Michael Merzenich, co-founder and chief scientific officer of Posit Science, said in a telephone interview that the company had taken years of research associated with the brain, video games and technology and applied it to this online world.

Citing past research, Dr. Merzenich said that playing the game could help exercise areas of the brain associated with memory retention, and improve the speed and accuracy of the brain’s ability to process visuals.

Steven Aldrich, president and chief executive of Posit Science, said the site incorporated neuroscience research that the company used in past products, like memory and word games. Mr. Aldrich cited a recent study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society which found that the company’s brain-training software can reduce car crash risk by up to 50 percent in older adults.

“We think there’s a great opportunity here to create a social game that is fun to play while keeping the brain active,” Mr. Aldrich said. “People who are older want a purpose when interacting with games, and Brain Odyssey does this.”（Source：nytimes）