Doctors are experimenting with a new Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder drug: video games. Using SMART BrainGames, a real brain training device, Dr. Margaret MacDonald is determined to show that ADHD sufferers can use video games to condition their brains to be more attentive; and do so without the aid of medications. But the treatment is pricey.
The SMART BrainGames device is listed at $595 (PlayStation 2 version; console and games not included) and must be calibrated by a specialist. $595?! That thing best have some Blu-ray!
via Joystiq
So you're telling me that I can stop ritalin AND play video games instead? Sounds like a win-win situation.
Then again, this seems to be only for people with ADHD (I have just ADD) but you know.
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Video Games are the new Ritalin?
Author: James Ransom-Wiley
Category: ADD | ADHD | SMART BrainGames | SmartBraingames
Subject: Video games are the new Ritalin Friday, 03 November 2006 10:55:00
Filed under: Culture, PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox
Doctors are experimenting with a new Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder drug: video games. Using SMART BrainGames, a real brain training device, Dr. Margaret MacDonald is determined to show that ADHD sufferers can use video games to condition their brains to be more attentive; and do so without the aid of medications. But the treatment is pricey.
The SMART BrainGames device is listed at $595 (PlayStation 2 version; console and games not included) and must be calibrated by a specialist. $595?! That thing best have some Blu-ray!
via Joystiq
So you're telling me that I can stop ritalin AND play video games instead? Sounds like a win-win situation.
Then again, this seems to be only for people with ADHD (I have just ADD) but you know.
Doctors are experimenting with a new Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder drug: video games. Using SMART BrainGames, a real brain training device, Dr. Margaret MacDonald is determined to show that ADHD sufferers can use video games to condition their brains to be more attentive; and do so without the aid of medications. But the treatment is pricey.
The SMART BrainGames device is listed at $595 (PlayStation 2 version; console and games not included) and must be calibrated by a specialist. $595?! That thing best have some Blu-ray!
via Joystiq
So you're telling me that I can stop ritalin AND play video games instead? Sounds like a win-win situation.
Then again, this seems to be only for people with ADHD (I have just ADD) but you know.
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