Sunday, April 16, 2017

Using Video Games Instead of Drugs for Mental Health

Editor's Note: In this One-on-One, Medscape Editor-in-Chief Eric Topol talks with neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD, about his pioneering work harnessing the therapeutic potential of video games, which may one day help treat depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, autism, and Alzheimer disease.

Setting Out to Understand the Brain

Eric J. Topol, MD: Hello. I am Eric Topol, editor-in-chief of Medscape. Today I am privileged to have with me Adam Gazzaley, who heads up the Neuroscience Imaging Center at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). We are going to be talking about the pioneering work that Adam and his whole team have been doing. Let's start with your background, Adam. You are a New Yorker and a Bronx High School of Science graduate, and then you went on to the Mt. Sinai Medical Science Training Program and Berkeley.
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