TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Video game training to improve selective visual attention in older adults
JO  - Computers in human behavior
A1  - Belchior, Patricia
A1  - Marsiske, Michael
A1  - Sisco, Shannon M.
A1  - Yam, Anna
A1  - Bavelier, Daphne
A1  - Ball, Karlene
A1  - Mann, William C.
SP  - 1318
EP  - 1324
VL  - 29
IS  - 4
N2  - The current study investigated the effect of video game training on older adult's useful field of view performance (the UFOV® test). Fifty-eight older adult participants were randomized to receive practice with the target action game (Medal of Honor), a placebo control arcade game (Tetris), a clinically validated UFOV training program, or into a no contact control group. Examining pretest-posttest change in selective visual attention, the UFOV improved significantly more than the game groups; all three intervention groups improved significantly more than no-contact controls. There was a lack of difference between the two game conditions, differing from findings with younger adults. <br><br>DISCUSSION considers whether games posing less challenge might still be effective interventions for elders, and whether optimal training dosages should be higher.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0747-5632
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -