Go Go Speed Racer...go NeuroRacer
" In a groundbreaking new study at the University of California, San Francisco, scientists found that older adults improved cognitive controls such as multitasking and the ability to sustain attention by playing a specially designed video game — and that the effects can be long lasting.
The study, to be published in the scientific journal Nature on Thursday, is part of a broader effort to understand whether specially designed video games can help treat neurological disorders, such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and even depression.
There is growing evidence, researchers say, that videogames could eventually become therapies on par, or used in tandem, with ingestible medications. "- Wall Street Journal
I read this story and immediately smiled. Something, video games, that had often been thought of as wasteful and harmful to the brain is now beneficial. If used strategically this could be a game changer.
In the story elderly folks who played the game did better than twenty year olds for six months after the training. This was after the training stopped.
So if we could play a game specially designed for us we could attack mental issues. Imagine a game that could attack attention deficit disorders or Alzheimer. Or the simple middle age short term memory failure.
The potential is endless.
Today's question is:
"What would a game designed for you help with?"
" In a groundbreaking new study at the University of California, San Francisco, scientists found that older adults improved cognitive controls such as multitasking and the ability to sustain attention by playing a specially designed video game — and that the effects can be long lasting.
The study, to be published in the scientific journal Nature on Thursday, is part of a broader effort to understand whether specially designed video games can help treat neurological disorders, such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and even depression.
There is growing evidence, researchers say, that videogames could eventually become therapies on par, or used in tandem, with ingestible medications. "- Wall Street Journal
I read this story and immediately smiled. Something, video games, that had often been thought of as wasteful and harmful to the brain is now beneficial. If used strategically this could be a game changer.
In the story elderly folks who played the game did better than twenty year olds for six months after the training. This was after the training stopped.
So if we could play a game specially designed for us we could attack mental issues. Imagine a game that could attack attention deficit disorders or Alzheimer. Or the simple middle age short term memory failure.
The potential is endless.
Today's question is:
"What would a game designed for you help with?"
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