3-D video game traces out brain dysfunction: Scientists

Believe it or not, but it is true that 3D video games may help uncover brain dysfunction. Researchers have reached this conclusion after studying 30 depressed patients and 19 people without mood disorders. This study has led researchers to believe that by using 3-D game for tracking mental disorders is a much better option than using traditional methods. Giving reason behind this the results of the study suggests that hippocampus, which is a part of brain, didn’t work as efficiently while playing 3-D video games as the brain of people without mood disorders did. Interestingly, previous studies had also found abnormality in the hippocampus of depressed people. However, those previous studies had shown that hippocampus in depressed people is smaller than people without mood disorders. Well, this new study has tried to look at the whole study in a somewhat different manner; still we can say that it is a major achievement, which would definitely help people, especially depressed people.Here it is worth mentioning that that in the recent years role of videogames has escalated, especially in medical field, since for kinds of treatment videogames are being used. To understand it in a much better way give a look here:- 1. Virtual Reality Gaming: The Higher You Are, the Easier You Fall! 2. Want to Gain Surgical Skills? Play Videogame! Via: CBC

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