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Round table: Traditional Cognitive Games in the 21st Century - Opportunities and Threats: the Case of Contract Bridge

Traditional cognitive (mind) games are those that require cognitive skills, such as attention, logical reasoning, decision-making and problem-solving, and include the competitive element. Five mind games are recognized as sports by the Global Association of International Sports Federations (ex SportAccord): Chess, Chinese chess (Xiangqi), Draughts (Checkers), Go, and Contract Bridge. Unlike physical sports, which nurture and develop motor abilities, playing mind games improves cognitive competence and helps individuals stay mentally fit. For example, Coyle (2003) reported a decreased risk of Alzheimer’s disease in persons engaged in mind-involving activities, such as chess, and Peel (2014) argued that mental activities such as bridge can reduce the risk of dementia. Traditional cognitive games may promote human health and cognition, and contribute to psychological and social well-being. Without exception, research has demonstrated positive associations between regularly playing mind games and having higher cognitive abilities. Longitudinal research has confirmed that participation in chess classes is associated with improvement in intellectual abilities such as memory and verbal reasoning, reading performance, mathematics, and science scores, and also with the acceleration of IQ increase in elementary-age children of both sexes and all socio-economic levels. Cognitive games such as chess, bridge and go were very popular in the middle of the 20th century. However, with the development of video and other computer-related games, the popularity of traditional games has decreased. Although playing computer games may also contribute to better cognitive functioning, they mainly lack the social element, and the mental processes involved seem to be different from those in traditional mind games. Experts and professionals from various fields (psychology, sociology, medicine, sport science) will discuss topics related to the status of cognitive games in the 21st century, with an emphasis on contract bridge. The main topics of discussion will be: (1) Position of mind games in games, sports and leisure activities (2) Reasons for declined popularity of traditional mind games in the new millennium (3) Possible ways to promote mind games among various socio-demographic groups

Mind Sport ; Bridge ; Traditional Games

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