Video Game Ups Cognitive Control in Elderly From: Bioscience Technology - 09/05/2013 By: Malcolm Ritter It probably won't become as popular as "Grand Theft Auto," but a specialized video game may help older people boost mental skills like handling multiple tasks at once. Specialized video games might one day be able to boost mental abilities not only for healthy adults of middle age or older, but also children with attention deficit disorder, people with post-traumatic stress disorder or brain injury and older adults with depression or dementia. Read the entire article and view a video (1:46) at: http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2013/09/video-game-ups-cognitive-control-elderly Links: Neuroracer: A Video Game to Sharpen the Mind (video 2:41) http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1478ve_neuroracer-a-video-game-to-sharpen-the-mind_news Gazzaley Lab http://gazzaleylab.ucsf.edu/page74.html Multitasking After 60: Video Game Boosts Focus, Mental Agility http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/09/04/218892225/multitasking-after-60-video-game-boosts-focus-mental-agility Adam Gazzaley http://gazzaleylab.ucsf.edu/lab-director.html Video game training enhances cognitive control in older adults http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v501/n7465/full/nature12486.html