WASHINGTON D.C. [USA]: A team of researchers has come up with a 'brain training' game that could help improve the memory of patients in the very earliest stages of dementia Amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) has been described as the transitional stage between 'healthy ageing' and dementia. Compared to the control group, the cognitive training group also retained more complex visual information after training.In addition, participants in the cognitive training group indicated that they enjoyed playing the game and were motivated to continue playing across the eight hours of cognitive training. The researchers say that this demonstrates that games can help maximise engagement with cognitive training. Our game allowed us to individualise a patient's cognitive training programme and make it fun and enjoyable for them to use. "Lead scientist George Savulich added: "Patients found the game interesting and engaging and felt motivated to keep training throughout the eight hours.

Source: Economic Times July 03, 2017 03:22 UTC