The power of Sudoku to improve brain power and keep Alzheimer's and
dementia at bay has recently been discredited by science. Sudoku is
effective while you are learning it, but its efficacy dilutes once a
player knows what they are doing.
Why? The answer lies in the art of seeking the semantic, a discipline
calling for logic, interpretation, intuition, deduction as well as the
ability to filter nuance and connotation. All these and more are bundled
in the symmetrical simplicity of a cryptic crossword. All of these are
invaluable in increasing your brain power and keeping age-related
conditions at bay.
David Astle's crosswords appear with fiendish regularity in the Age
and the Sydney Morning Herald. He's become the scourge of cryptic
crossword afficionados across Australia and has built up a fanatical
following over the years. His latest book is for people curious about
cryptic crosswords but it will also focus heavily on the brain-benefits
of cryptic crosswords and be a crucial aid in helping people help
themselves.
A blend of information about how to increase your brain power through
cryptics and lashings of cryptic brain-food, this is a handbook for the
health-minded and those who've always been curious about learning how to
do cryptics but never knew where to begin.
With this latest information from the scientific world, there has never
been a better time to start learning - and who better to guide newbies
across this impenetrable puzzlescape than the legendary DA?
