therapeutic video games

Just ran across an interesting article in The Economist on therapeutic video games: [url="http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_VNQQDNR"]http://www.economist.com/printedition/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_VNQQDNR[/url] "...Eric Styffe, a 22-year-old carpenter who lives in Thalwil, Switzerland, used to suffer from severe attention-deficit disorder (ADD). But then a therapist taught him how to play neurofeedbackӔ video games designed to sharpen concentration in ADD patients and autistics. With electrodes fixed to his skull, Mr Styffe fixed his mind on game characters, such as a juggler or a Pac-Man-like blob fleeing ghosts in a maze. When his mind wandered, the virtual characters dropped dead. It felt weird,Ӕ says Mr Styffe. But after just two weeks of daily game therapy, he stopped taking Ritalin, a prescription amphetamine. Mr Styffe, who now plays once a month to avoid relapse, says the results are amazingӔ..."