Video Games Can Heal Autism Claimed

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Not always a bad impact on game play. It is precisely by playing video games, claimed to help recover children with autism bearing.

That is expressed by researchers from the University of Missouri. Video games can help people with autism is called "Space Race". When playing this game, of persons with autism were asked to launch the rocket on the screen. The goal is to train the parts of the brain to concentrate.

Quoted from Theinquirer, Tuesday (29/04/2008), the recovery process is called neurofeedback and works by attaching sensors to the scalp. Concentration levels were measured with an audio visual feedback displayed on the monitor, while brain activity is displayed on another monitor.

From this it was revealed that parts of the brain that is damaged or dies because it is rarely used can be repaired and re-enabled.

Aside from being a healing therapy for people with autism, this game can also be used for the treatment of brain trauma, stroke, depression, alcoholism, and premenstrual syndrome.

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