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The current pilot study was conducted for a proposed intervention examining the use of video gaming to improve visual orienting among a normative sample of individuals without attention deficits. The authors hypothesize that a daily regimen of attention-related activities might facilitate improved visual orienting and vigilance. An experimental 6-week intervention including intensive computer game playing was administered to a normative sample of eight undergraduates. Electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings taken during a visual orienting test (VOT) before and after the gaming intervention indicated an increase in alpha activity during resting conditions and a decrease during alerting conditions. The current results suggest that intensive video gaming may ultimately remediate attention-related deficits among individuals with Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder.

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