Psychology & Psychiatry

Could gaming improve people's mental health by combating anxiety?

In 2017, Ninja Theory, advised by Cambridge academic Professor Paul Fletcher, took the gaming world by storm with Hellblade, which accurately depicted psychosis. Now the company has teamed up with one of Fletcher's Ph.D. ...

Medical research

Using light to reprogramme the brain's GPS

Neuroscientists at UCL have used laser beams to "switch on" neurons in mice, providing new insight into the hidden workings of memory and showing how memories underpin the brain's inner GPS system.

Health

Weight loss success in a 3-D virtual world

(Medical Xpress) -- Participants in two weight-loss programs - one involving traditional health club sessions and the other delivered online in a 3D virtual world - lost similar amounts of weight and body fat, but the online ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Scientists launch virtual reality game to detect Alzheimer's

Sea Quest Hero is more than just the usual computer game in which players find their way through mazes, shoot and chase creatures—it also doubles as scientists' latest tool for studying Alzheimer's disease.

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