Designing for seniors

XIV.4 July + August 2007
Page: 42
Digital Citation

Neuroscience via computer


Authors:
Michael Merzenich

I knew we had been successful when 80-year-old Grace Curran told us that her daily life had gotten easier and her self-confidence improved. "My memory is lots better," she says, "and I feel a little bit prouder of myself in different things." What made the difference was the Brain Fitness Program, a neuroscience-based training program she completed on a computer, even though in her own words she "was definitely computer illiterate." "I thought the program was easy," she says. "I didn't have any difficulty with it at all." While the computer platform offered invaluable benefits for the Brain Fitness…




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