''NeuroRacer'' is a video game designed by a team of researchers at the
University of California, San Francisco
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a public land-grant research university in San Francisco, California. It is part of the University of California system and is dedicated entirely to health science and life science. It cond ...
led by
Adam Gazzaley
Adam Gazzaley (born December 29, 1968) is an American neuroscientist, author, photographer, entrepreneur and inventor. He is the founder and executive director of Neuroscape and the David Dolby Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Physiology, a ...
as a way to help with mental cognition. It was designed as an "
Adam Gazzaley
Adam Gazzaley (born December 29, 1968) is an American neuroscientist, author, photographer, entrepreneur and inventor. He is the founder and executive director of Neuroscape and the David Dolby Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Physiology, a ...
intervention" for "top-down modulation deficits in older adults." A study on 60- to 85-year-olds showed that the multitasking nature of the game caused improvements in tasks outside of the game involving working memory and sustained attention.
A 2013 review concluded that there is no good
medical evidence to support claims that memory training helps people improve cognitive functioning. However, Neuroracer differs from conventional "memory training" apps, in that it focuses on multi-tasking in a virtual environment.
On June 25, 2020, the University of California published an online news article entitled: "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first video game therapeutic as a treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, based on research by UC San Francisco’s Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D."
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Cogmed
Cogmed is a cognitive training software program created in the lab of Torkel Klingberg, a neuroscientist at the Karolinska Institute. Dr. Klingberg was using it to present working memory challenges to people while he studied their brains using f ...
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Lumosity
Lumosity is an online program consisting of games claiming to improve memory, attention, flexibility, speed of processing, and problem solving.
History
Lumos Labs was founded in 2005 by Kunal Sarkar, Michael Scanlon, and David Drescher. Lumosit ...
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Posit Science Corporation Posit Science Corporation is an American company providing brain training software and services.
Originally known as Neuroscience Solutions Corporation, the company was founded in 2002 by neuroscientists Michael Merzenich and Henry Mahncke, who ori ...
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* {{cite web , title = Gazzaley Lab , url = http://gazzaleylab.ucsf.edu/ , access-date = 2013-09-06 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140208233601/http://www.gazzaleylab.ucsf.edu/ , archive-date = 2014-02-08 , url-status = dead
Brain training video games
Video games developed in the United States