Thursday, March 01, 2007
Bingo on the Brain
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Bingo players have many rituals and routines. Some sit in the same chair every week, some bring stuffed animals or good luck charms. Many players have custom boards that hold their cards at a dauber-friendly angle; others clip, tape or paste their cards to the long tables.
Like most classic games, bingo appears simple but allows players to increase the complexity depending on skill level. Twenty-five squares on a 5-by-5 card are numbered and the middle square is a freebie.
There are more than 552 septillion possible number arrangements — that's 552 followed by 24 zeroes.
Calculating odds in bingo is difficult because the number of cards being played, the number of called numbers and the pattern that determines the bingo have to be considered. Some games require a standard horizontal, vertical or diagonal bingo, others a special design such as a "postage stamp" block of four or "Texas Black Out," in which the entire card is filled.
Like other table games and some video games, bingo is good for the brain, said Teenie Matlock, professor of cognitive science at University of California at Merced. "Reading, games like bingo or Scrabble, anything where you're mentally manipulating numbers or letters is like exercises for your brain."
Bingo players have many rituals and routines. Some sit in the same chair every week, some bring stuffed animals or good luck charms. Many players have custom boards that hold their cards at a dauber-friendly angle; others clip, tape or paste their cards to the long tables.
Like most classic games, bingo appears simple but allows players to increase the complexity depending on skill level. Twenty-five squares on a 5-by-5 card are numbered and the middle square is a freebie.
There are more than 552 septillion possible number arrangements — that's 552 followed by 24 zeroes.
Calculating odds in bingo is difficult because the number of cards being played, the number of called numbers and the pattern that determines the bingo have to be considered. Some games require a standard horizontal, vertical or diagonal bingo, others a special design such as a "postage stamp" block of four or "Texas Black Out," in which the entire card is filled.
Like other table games and some video games, bingo is good for the brain, said Teenie Matlock, professor of cognitive science at University of California at Merced. "Reading, games like bingo or Scrabble, anything where you're mentally manipulating numbers or letters is like exercises for your brain."
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