Doctors Prescribing More Brain Games
Computer games, especially brain games, are fast finding their way into more medical institutions as health experts continue to identify the seemingly unlimited benefits behind these often fun-filled fitness solutions.
This was the general consensus following a gathering last week at the 5th annual Games for Health Conference held in Boston. The conference was attended by some 350 medical professionals, computer gaming experts, as well as various entrepreneurs seeking business opportunities.
Focusing on Cognitive Health
For the first time, the convention included an entire day of sessions focused specifically on cognitive health and gaming, and included presentations by researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment.
According to Murali Doraiswamy, chief of Biological Psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center, “We’re on the cusp of something big. What it needs to galvanize is discussion between academia, government agencies, gaming companies and insurance companies.”
Medical Eyes Wide Open
Though your local hospital is not in danger of becoming a gaming arcade, in just the last few years computerized games, both online and off, have indeed been making headway into the medical world. For instance, because action games are now widely believed to help improve adult players’ visual perception, these particular games are just one of many forms being given a much closer look.
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