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Can FPS Games Really Help the Elderly Compensate for Loss of Brain Function?

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Can FPS Games Really Help the Elderly Compensate for Loss of Brain Function?

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• Date: 04-29-2010 Views: KeyWords: FPS game, the elderly, brain function, Frontiers in Cognition, study • Summary: Recently, a research paper was published on Frontiers in Cognition, proving to us that VGPs(Videogame Players) showed smaller switching costs (i.e., greater cognitive flexibility) than NVGPs. It supports the idea that playing FPS games can promote cognitive flexibility. Then a speculation from Mike Sharkey pointed out that according to this research, FPS games could potentially be used to train the elderly to compensate for loss of brain function.