Brain training game developed by neuroscientists improves memory in people with cognitive decline
A brain training computer game developed by British neuroscientists has been shown to improve the memory of patients in the very earliest stages of dementia and could help such patients avert some symptoms of cognitive decline. Researchers who developed the “game show” - like application and tested its effects on cognition and motivation in a small trial found that patients who played the game over a period of a month had around a 40 percent improvement in their memory scores. Publishing his results in the International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, Savulich said that as well as improving their memory scores in the game, patients who played it retained more complex visual information than those who didn’t. “While this type of brain training will not ultimately be able to prevent or cure memory diseases like dementia, a promising way to improve early memory symptoms of the disease,” said Tara Spires-Jones of the University of Edinburgh.
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