'Virtual Week' brain game has potential to help older adults remain independent longer

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-10/bcfg-wb102715.php

Public Release: 28-Oct-2015
'Virtual Week' brain game has potential to help older adults remain independent longer
Cognitive gains from playing the game transferred to real-world performance on instrumental activities of daily living; correlated to some neuroplasticity in the brain
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care

An international team of scientists has demonstrated that just one month of training on a "Virtual Week" computer brain game helps older adults significantly strengthen prospective memory - a type of memory that is crucial for planning, everyday functioning and independent living.

Seniors who played the cognitive-training game "more than doubled" the number of prospective memory tasks performed correctly compared to control groups that performed other activities such as music classes.

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