Cut the Rope is here. I'm not pointing you to the actual game because that would be giving medical advice and I am obviously too stupid and stroke-addled to do that.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563214002672
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.04.046
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Highlights
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- We trained college students to play one of four video games.
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- Games ranged from action, puzzle, strategy and arcade type games.
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- Only the puzzle game led to transfer on all executive function tasks.
Abstract
Recent
research suggests a causal link between action video game playing and
enhanced attention and visual-perceptual skills. In contrast, evidence
linking action video games and enhanced executive function is equivocal.
We investigated whether action and non-action video games enhance
executive function. Fifty-five inexperienced video game players played
one of four different games: an action video game (Modern Combat), a
physics-based puzzle game (Cut the Rope), a real-time strategy game
(Starfront Collision), and a fast paced arcade game (Fruit Ninja) for
20 h. Three pre and post training tests of executive function were
administered: a random task switching, a flanker, and a response
inhibition task (Go/No-go). Only the group that trained on the
physics-based puzzle game significantly improved in all three tasks
relative to the pre-test. No training-related improvements were seen in
other groups. These results suggest that playing a complex puzzle game
that demands strategizing, reframing, and planning improves several
aspects of executive function.
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