"Brain-training games are already a billion-dollar industry," says the journalist in yesterday's video. Luminosity is in this business, though it was fined by the FTC for making unverified claims.
"Your doctor might write you out a prescription to play a video game!" The neuro-scientist in the video, Adam Gazzaley, says that will happen in a couple of years. He's developed games that he says help develop the ability to multi-task and to focus.
The affect of video games on the brain has been formally studied. In research at University of California San Francisco, study participants improved cognitive performance in the areas of "working memory" and "sustained attention," skills they still had six months later.
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