Video Games as a Means to Reduce Age-related Cognitive Decline: Attitudes, Compliance, and Effectiveness

Video Games as a Means to Reduce Age-related Cognitive Decline: Attitudes, Compliance, and Effectiveness

Recent research has demonstrated broad benefits of video game play to perceptual and cognitive abilities. These broad improvements suggest that video game-based cognitive interventions may be ideal to combat the many perceptual and cognitive declines associated with advancing age. Furthermore, gam...

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Main Authors: Walter R. Boot, Michael eChampion, Daniel Patrick Blakely, Timothy eWright, Dustin eSouders, Neil eCharness
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Video Games
cognitive training
cognitive aging
brain training
transfer of training
adherence
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00031/full

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