Computer games to enhance brain power
In recent years, computer games and simulations on the slow road to the medical world. Help improve the health and physical and mental acuity, experts say that we can expect to see more games designed specifically for medical purposes, especially those aimed at improving the brain functions.
Earlier this month, some 350 professionals, developers of computer games and entrepreneurs gathered at the fifth annual Games Health in Boston, at a conference for the first time the same day of gambling and the medical knowledge.
On the day of presentation, scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Warner Bros. interactive entertainment. Topics ranged from the use of gambling change in the behavior of patients with neurodegenerative disorders to improve balance.
Alvaro Fernandez, General Director and founder of Sharp Brains, the San Francisco market companies, specializing in Cognitive Science, which organized the conference, said:
“Ten years ago, researchers had thought that this could happen
“Now we can see, the brain games can help with attention, memory and ability to manage stress,”
Alvaro describes how the products can be in various formats such as CD-ROM, iPhone applications, handheld devices, while others, such as the Wii, designed for large screens and panels. In the Nintendo Wii is a good example of how one family of games consoles quickly became training for thousands of people. The picture below, James Mann, 70, Louisburg with the Wii, during a session of physiotherapy with the recreational therapist Elizabeth Penny.
A firm, light, bird-watching offer online play, which is aimed at improving nutrition and the ability to process visual information. Another HelpForADD, has a number of games and exercises to help people with ADD.
Although there are a lot of research with the aim of the game may help patients with a wide range of diseases, specialists, David Rabin, director of research in the department of psychology and neurobiology at Duke University, for example, you should understand better what the game and time with them to make a difference.
Murali Doraiswamy, director of Biological Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center explains how to play and the medical field is so diverse that little had been done previously to fill the gap.
“We are on the verge of something big. What is needed for discussion among educational institutions, government agencies, gaming companies and insurance companies,” said Doraiswamy.
“There are two schools of thought is: Do something healthy and try to be fun or something fun and try to make them healthy?” He said.
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