Brain game app may help schizophrenia patients improve memory
Posted: 08/04/2015 08:20 PM IST
According to a study published in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, it was revealed that brain games apps can improve memory of schizophrenia patients.
The game, "Wizard", is designed to help so-called episodic memory. The scientists examined 22 patients who played the memory game and who made significantly fewer errors and needed significantly fewer attempts to remember the location of different patterns specific tests.
They also found to improve their scores on the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale, which doctors use to rate the social, occupational and psychological functioning of adults.
“These are promising results and suggest that there may be the potential to use game apps to not only improve a patient’s episodic memory, but also their functioning in activities of daily living”, Peter Jones, another researcher, said in a statement.
By Lizitha
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