Top Ten Classic Video Games
10. Pong
Origins: Pong was based on a game called ‘Tennis for Two’ which was a simulation of a game of tennis on an oscilloscope. Physicist William Higinbotham, the designer, goes down in history as creating one of the first electronic games to use a graphical display.
Cognitive Training or Video Games?
In my last article, “Cognitive Training that Works”, I explained the necessity for the wise consumer to obtain scientific proof for the cognitive training program of his or her choice. I also explained what constitutes scientific proof and what does not. The present article is about some of the scientifically proven benefits of cognitive training in older adults in an exciting new study that compared the effect of cognitive training to that of video games.