Why Play Bejeweled and Bejeweled Twist?
Bejeweled is a beautiful game full of sparkling gems that deliver a consistent click-clacking sound as they fall into place. When our female FootGamers play this is something they usually always mention as a favorite aspect of the game. Untimed, the game allows a calm approach to discovering matching trios of like colored gems.
In Dr. Russoniello's study, Bejeweled 2 and Peggle had similarly positive effects on subjects’ anger levels, reducing anger by 65% and 63%, respectively. Bookworm Adventures had a more modest effect, reducing anger by 33%. Among female subjects, Peggle produced the greatest anger reduction, 86%. Men experienced the greatest reduction of anger while playing Bejeweled 2 (63%). “Peggle may have reduced anger more effectively in women due to its light-hearted characters and somewhat cartoony presentation featuring unicorns and rainbows,” Dr. Russoniello conjectured. “For men, it’s likely the nature of this game – Bejeweled 2 encourages focus, introspection and calmness – which facilitated a release of anger-oriented feelings like certain other therapeutic activities such as art.”
Bejeweled and Peggle seem to reduce depression at about the same rate. These two games also seem to give players a reduction in their sense of fatigue. Why not take a few minutes and try Bejeweled for FREE. You may want to play it the conventional way or start FootGaming and get the added benefit of some physical activity.
Bejeweled Twist is somewhat different than Bejeweled. Players are offered more combinations and more strategy. It is a spatial learning nirvana. When played via FootPOWR the added cardio and balance training deliver enormous benefit.
Studies have suggested a link between a well-developed sense of
spatial awareness and artistic creativity, as well as success
in math. It can also be important in the development of
abstract thought. The ability to organize and classify abstract
mental concepts is related to the ability to organize and
classify objects in space. Visual thinkers, in particular, will
tend to use their visual imagination to organize abstract
thought.
Because spatial awareness is so important in all activities of
human life, from the most basic to the most advanced,
deficiencies in spatial awareness can hold people back from
achieving their true potential. However, because spatial
awareness requires integrating the information from the
different senses into the three-dimensional model of the world
provided by the vestibular system, activities which refine the
vestibular system and develop sensory integration can refine
all aspects of brain processing.
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Bejeweled Benefits |
Peggle Benefits |
Chuzzle Benefits |
Zuma Benefits |
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| Patterning, Prediction, Analysis | High benefit | High | High | High | High | High |
| Eye-Tracking | High | Moderate | High | Moderate | High | High |
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Improved motor skills, timing, planning |
Moderate | Low | High | High | Moderate | High |
| Sequencing, Coordination, rhythm, balance | High | moderate | High | Moderate | High | High |
| Increased oxygen to the brain | moderate aerobic | low aerobic | High aerobic | low aerobic | High aerobic | High aerobic |
| Increased focus | High | High | High | High | High | High |
| Direct academic application | Calms, reduces stress | Spelling, vocabulary | High activity level | calms, reduces stress | High activity level | High activity level |
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| Bejeweled 2 | Bookworm Adventure | AstroPop | Peggle | Chuzzle | ZUMA |
