Using the computer could boost mental function and playing computer based games can improve cognition in Alzheimer’s patients. Researchers have found that internet accessible computer activities are even more successful than classic exercies of mental stimulation commonly used with dementia patients.

The findings of the study from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the Fundacio ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades in Barcelona, Spain, suggest that interactive multimedia internet based activities combined with standard pharmacological treatment of Alzheimer’s patients resulted in better cognitive function even in patients whose disease had progressed.

This study may relieve the fears of those who read about the Stanford University study that explored the possibility of internet addiction.

The findings of the study are published in the October issue of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

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Computer-based ‘games’ enhance mental function in patients with Alzheimer’s