Mangokiwi.com is an independent video game company looking to develop medical games (association, brain, and general care games) that will help prevent and/or fight Alzheimer’s Disease.

Research that supports this idea:

Computer “Games” Provide Mental Edge in People with Alzheimer’s (Nov 2006) – researchers report that virtual stimulation enhances the effects of Alzheimer’s medicines, allowing people in the earlier stages of Alzheimer’s to perform better on tests of memory and tasks of daily living.

(March 2006) Video games for the elderly: an answer to dementia or a marketing tool? – Nintendo’s Brain Training for Adults, a package of cerebral workouts aimed at the over-45s, is said to improve mental agility and even slow the onset of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease…

Computer games could save your brain (July 2006) – some researchers think your performance in the computerized card game Freecell might reveal early signs of dementia…

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High Tech games and Alzheimer’s Disease?