A recent study conducted by a researcher at King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience and the University of Roehampton has unveiled some really interesting information about a relation and causation between patients suffering from Schizophrenia and Video games. The findings of the research suggested that by playing video games patients can learn to control the part of their brain linked to verbal hallucinations. Based on the MRI scanner the research participants were shown a rocket that had its response depended on speech sensitive region of their brain. The results of the MRI scan was amazing, there were 12 participants and almost all of them were able to safely land the rocket by employing their own mental strategies and using the feedback provided by the game to manage their verbal hallucinations. The method of conducting the research is an example of Neurofeedback. In neurofeedback technique patients are shown positive or negative … [Read more...] about Video Games Can Medically Treat Schizophrenia, Research Says