Virtual reality games and related neurotechnologies spark a new generation of dementia & cognitive tests

By SharpBrains | September 13, 2017

__________ The Vir­tu­al Real­i­ty Game Gath­er­ing Data for Demen­tia Researchers (Bloomberg): “Nav­i­gat­ing an ice-walled lake or scour­ing a swamp for a hid­den mon­ster may sound like a fun premise for a vir­­tu­al-real­i­­ty video game. But there’s a seri­ous pur­pose behind the new game Sea Hero Quest VR: help­ing neu­ro­sci­en­tists design a new test for dementia.

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Hourglass: Biology of Aging blog carnival

By Alvaro Fernandez | February 9, 2009

Wel­come to the 8th edi­tion of Hour­glass, the blog car­ni­val devot­ed to biogeron­tol­ogy. Enjoy! — Use It or Lose It  Exis­tence is Won­der­ful, by Anne C. Nei­ther A Tran­shu­man­ist Nor a “Pes­simist”, And That’s Okay “I can’t sur­vive cog­ni­tive­ly in envi­ron­ments that force every­thing into false dichotomies, and nobody should feel hurt, slight­ed, or bit­ter because of my…

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