So it's exercising the part of your brain that involves a lot of reasoning and processing of information and evaluation and decision-making.įULLER: But Granny doesn't look overwhelmed. PARK: Especially in the frontal cortex, that's where working memory resides.
ROBINSON GARRIS: The three of diamonds, ace and king and queen. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #9: So what'd you get out the kitty? ROBINSON GARRIS: I had a spade, but I had the king and the queen. It's a multitasking situation that, really, I would say, overloads or loads the cognitive system to its maximum ability.įULLER: Here's Granny flexing her memory from the last hand. PARK: You have to keep track of all the cards. She researches the cognitive neuroscience of aging. I'm thinking, how was she doing all of this? Spades is not an easy game.ĭENISE PARK: It's a really demanding cognitive test - I mean, really demanding.įULLER: Denise Park is the distinguished university chair in behavioral and brain sciences at The University of Texas. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #8: (Laughter) Change up. ROBINSON GARRIS: If you ain't coming out big, stay at home.įULLER: From the sound of Granny's emphatic slam, a queen of spades just crashed the party. ROBINSON GARRIS: See - when you coming out, you're supposed to come out big.
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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #6: Thank your granddaughter over there.įULLER: Granny's either playing possum or really knows how to make the most out of a lousy hand. ROBINSON GARRIS: I got a sorry hand this time - a sorry hand, got nothing. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #5: You got to go big or stay at home.įULLER: Things are going pretty well for me and Granny until.
And while Granny and I haven't played spades much together, we're more than holding our own.Įxcuse my egging on of my wife and mother-in-law. Aw, darn.įULLER: Bid whist is close enough to spades. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #3: Oh, another spade. ROBINSON GARRIS: We used to play bid whist. ROBINSON GARRIS: I've been playing cards since I was a teenager. So, Granny, how long have you been playing spades for? Granny's been staying with her oldest daughter, Carolyn Dixon, for the past few months in Chesapeake, Va. I'm allowed to call her Granny, not y'all. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: I'll just make sure.įULLER: Molly Robinson Garris is my experienced partner. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: Oh, you want to see two of spades. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: All I see is two of spades. MOLLY ROBINSON GARRIS: Molly Robinson Garris - and I'm 94 years old. But all bets are off because, well, we're playing with the big and little jokers, something that requires a bit more brainpower. Under basic rules, the two of spades is the ultimate trump card, followed by the ace, king, queen and jack. JASON FULLER, BYLINE: When you hear the sound of cards being shuffled in the South.įULLER: There's a strong chance a competitive game of spades is underway. To try this out anecdotally, NPR's Jason Fuller and his wife Kandis Wallace Fuller masked up and got to some spades-playing with her family in Chesapeake, Va. All that quality time together assembling jigsaw puzzles and playing card games, well, it's apparently good for your brain, for keeping it healthy. All right, here's some more good pandemic news.
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