Posts Tagged ‘video-game’
Study: For cognitive training to work, it must induce neuroplasticity in brain regions that matter
Over the last several years, cognitive training has received large amounts of public interest and support because reliably improving cognitive performance would have wide reaching applications in clinical populations, older adults, and the public at large. For example, cognitive training could
Read MoreMonitoring cognition via mobile applications: iPad app analyzed
We recently came across a fascinating scientific study, titled Examining cognitive function across the lifespan using a mobile application (Computers in Human Behavior), which studied the value and limitations of using an iPad app called “brainbaseline.” Abstract: “Many studies conducted in a laboratory or university setting are limited by funding, personnel, space, and time constraints. In the present…
Read MoreUCSF study looks for Bay Area participants
We often hear interest from people of all ages in being participants in the cognitive research we are doing in our UCSF lab. However, all of our experiments to date have been focused on under 20 year olds and the over 60 age group, and many people fall in between. Well, we have just launched…
Read MoreVideogames for Cognitive Training?
There were a few interesting research papers presented at the last American Psychological Association conventions around the theme: Playing Video Games Offers Learning Across Life Span, Say Studies — Skills Transfer to Classroom, Surgical Procedures, Scientific Thinking (press release). Probably the most interesting study was that of 303 laparoscopic surgeons, which “showed that surgeons who played…
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