Video Games and ADHD WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Video Games and ADHD
Studies suggest that a special video game treatment may benefit youth with ADHD. In a study conducted by NASA, children played certain video games with sensors monitoring their brain waves. If the player's thought patterns become stressed or distracted, the controller became less and less responsive. This requires the player to focus, and reproduce stress free thought patterns to play the game. Ideally, the player will learn to reproduce this type of thinking regularly outside of playing video games.1
Fast Facts:
- There is still controversy between medical professionals over the benefits of video gaming.2
- Some researchers worry that youth with ADHD will mistakenly abandon more validated treatments with the excuse to play more video games.2
- This therapy is probably most beneficial when used to supplement other types of therapy.2
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Research Notes References
- ↑ NASA: News Release: Video Games May Lead To Better Health Through New NASA Technology
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 USA Today: ADHD Patients Play Video Games As Part Of Treatment
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- Reviewer: Amy Sandhu
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- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: KevinB
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- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
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- Last update: Jul. 23, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
