Monday, December 17, 2007

Get your game on, ease your pain

In reference to Neuroplasticity:

Matthias, you'll love this I think...

Susan at Gamelife linked to this article, Video games beat drugs for chronic pain.

It kind of fits in with observations made about neuroplasticity - using games that can hold attention while involving whole body movement will be very good for downregulating pain. Movement is a requisite for down-the-road pain relief, but if it can be linked to motivation, fun, attention and learning, all the better, right?

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