A University of Massachusetts Amherst biomedical informatician will use a $436,836 grant from the National Institutes of Health to explore the use of "Serious games" played independently on computer tablets to improve brain function in older people with mild cognitive impairment. Neuro-World, a collection of six games developed by Lee's industrial partner in South Korea, Woorisoft, is designed to stimulate working, or short-term, memory and selective attention.
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