Doctor gets funding to find out.
Not all videogames are bad and violence inducing – some can alleviate symptoms of one of the world’s worst diseases: Parkinson’s.
A British doctor has been awarded £35,000 to research the benefits that playing Wii can have for people with Parkinson’s. Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren, who was reported to have been paid half a million quid by Nintendo to advertise Wii Fit, is interested to see how the research turns out – she has a close friend with Parkinson’s.
The Wii helps Parkinson’s sufferers by physically and mentally challenging them – a process that can slow the degradation of nerve cells.