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== Mental Acuity ==
== Mental Acuity ==
''See also:'' [[Chess and increasing mental performance]]
Physical exercise is good for the body; mental exercise is good for the mind. Chess exercises both sides of the brain: its right hemisphere, for pattern recognition, and its left hemisphere, for object recognition. Some suggest that chess adds up to 14 years the life of the mind,<ref>https://www.chessity.com/en/blog/431/The_Benefits_of_Chess</ref> which in many people fails before the bodies do.
Physical exercise is good for the body; mental exercise is good for the mind. Chess exercises both sides of the brain: its right hemisphere, for pattern recognition, and its left hemisphere, for object recognition. Some suggest that chess adds up to 14 years the life of the mind,<ref>https://www.chessity.com/en/blog/431/The_Benefits_of_Chess</ref> which in many people fails before the bodies do.