Technology: Video stimulate the brains of older people - Journalism PortoNet

The study showed that video games can improve cognitive status of older
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Rui Teixeira – jpn@c2com.up.pt
Posted: 05/03/2013 | 19:23 (GMT)

Labels: World, Health, Technology, Video Games

Video games are long, a hit among the young. But now a study proves that may also assist in improving older and recovery of their mental faculties.

Fredric Wolinsky, University of Iowa, USA, is the author of

the study published Wednesday in the journal PLoS One The professor of public health also includes, in its investigation, several studies examining the loss of the main functions brain with advancing age, such as working memory, attention and problem solving.

681 study participants were divided into four groups according to age – three groups aged 50 to 64 years old, and another group of persons over 65 years. One group did crossword puzzles on your computer and the other played the video game “Road Tour” whose difficulty level gradually rose.

The findings of the study show that users of the game improved their concentration, speed and agility. When playing “Road Tour” for ten hours, the participants were able, after a year improving their cognitive development at three years.

who played four hours fell further four years of cognitive decline. “Not only do we prevent its decline as improve their faculties,” he concluded, to France Press, the American researcher.