CHICAGO: People who regularly play video games could be at greater risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological disorders, a study suggests.
The study looked at adults who spent at least six hours a week playing video games.
It found that gamers tend to use navigation strategies that rely on the brain’s reward system, the caudate nucleus.
“Past research has shown that people who rely on caudate nucleus-dependent strategies have lower gray matter and functional brain activity in the hippocampus,” said a researcher…