Experts have found that computer games involving exercises, also called exergames among gamers, could help avoid dementia in regular players.

The new study found that the games that combine physical exercise with interactive video game features, help improving mental and physical powers of the payers. People get attracted to such games with features like three-dimensional scenery and competition are likely to play often.

The Cybercycle Study involved 101 volunteers aged 58 to 99 years with an access to an exercise bike. It found that those with a virtual reality display a 23% reduction in progression to mild cognitive impairment compared to the participants who used a bike without display.

Dr Cay Anderson-Hanley, of Union College, Schenectady, New York said, “We found that, for older adults, virtual-reality enhanced interactive exercise - or ‘cybercycling’ two to three times per week for 3 months - yielded greater cognitive benefit and perhaps added protection against mild cognitive impairment than a similar dose of traditional exercise.”

The researchers from New York's Union College studied People’s mental function with planning, memory and problem solving tests before during and after the study involving exercise video games. They claim that games with reality environments and interactive videogame feature offer more benefits than tradition exercise equipments.