Enhancing attention in children using an integrated cognitive-physical videogame: A pilot study.

ABSTRACT: Inattention can negatively impact several aspects of a child's life, including at home and school. Cognitive and physical interventions are two promising non-pharmaceutical approaches used to enhance attention abilities, with combined approaches often being marketed to teachers, therapists, and parents typically without research validation. Here, we assessed the feasibility of incorporating an integrated, cognitive-physical, closed-loop video game (body-brain trainer or 'BBT') as an after-school program, and also evaluated if there were attention benefits following its use. Twenty-two children (7-12 years of age) with a range of attention abilities were recruited to participate in this proof of concept, single-arm, longitudinal study (24 sessions over 8 weeks, ~30 min/day). We interrogated

SUBMITTER: Anguera JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10097690 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature