A Game of Concentration: Videogames and ADHD

A colleague here at USF, Patty McCabe-Remmell, recently honored my videogame reader by submitting an article about videogames and ADHD. Whereas most folks tend to think that videogames CAUSE attention deficit disorders, Patty explores the possibilities of using them as therapy to treat them: There is something about the rapid-response demand of most videogames that helps someone with AD/HD focus -- a rarity in the AD/HD world of any child or adult who suffers from it. It's a well-researched and engaging read (Patty's a great writer), and I encourage everyone here to check it out and leave some comments.

Oh, and let me be sure to try out the Quick Tags. Whoa, cool.

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Games en ADHD

"One begins to see, then, that what makes videogames so enticing to a kid with ADD is that it is an escape from the world -- but not necessarily a bad escape. Rather than sucking the child out of reality and into some cyber-coma, the act of gaming all...

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ADHD article

Matt, you are too kind. My relatives are duly impressed :o)