Posts Tagged ‘video-game’
UC study finds near-transfer of cognitive training to be necessary (yet not sufficient) for far-transfer, broader benefits
Who benefits from brain training, and why? (UCI release): If you are skilled at playing puzzles on your smartphone or tablet, what does it say about how fast you learn new puzzles, or more broadly, how well can you focus in school or at work? In the language of psychologists, does “near transfer” predict “far…
Read MoreDigital therapeutics pioneer Akili Interactive plans to go public in mid-2022 at a $1B valuation
Palihapitiya-Led SPAC to Merge With Akili in $1 Billion Deal (Bloomberg): Akili Interactive, a startup that has developed a video game to help treat attention-deficit disorders in kids, has agreed to go public through a merger with one of Chamath Palihapitiya’s blank-check companies. The deal, which confirms a Bloomberg News report, values the combined entity…
Read MoreNHS Choices helps improve brain health and science literacy by reporting findings in context — as seen in this brain training & schizophrenia example
___ Video game-based ‘brain training’ may help people with schizophrenia (NHS Choices): “People with schizophrenia can be trained by playing a video game to control the part of the brain linked to verbal hallucinations,” BBC News reports
Read MoreStudy: Why Super Mario 3D World may train your brain better than Angry Birds
Playing 3‑D video games can boost memory formation, UCI study finds (UCI News): “…Craig Stark and Dane Clemenson of UCI’s Center for the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory recruited non-gamer college students to play either a video game with a passive, two-dimensional environment (“Angry Birds”) or one with an intricate, 3‑D setting (“Super Mario 3D World”)…
Read MoreTrend: Harnessing biometrics and cognitive training to improve athletic performance
— Is Cognitive Training the Next Frontier in Sports? (iQ by Intel): “The shift to quantitative analysis of so-called athlete intangibles — data previously unattainable before tracking devices provided empirical evidence — is replacing gut instinct and guesswork in sports…the volunteers spent a half hour playing a unique video game that recorded their physiological reactions to
Read MoreTo treat depression, we will likely combine neuroplasticity-based brain training games with antidepressants
Computer Games Better Than Medication in Treating Elderly Depression (Live Science): “Computer games could help in treating older people with depression who haven’t been helped by antidepressant drugs or other treatments for the disorder…In a study of 11 older patients, researchers found playing certain computer games was just as effective at reducing symptoms of depression as
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