NeuroRacer is a video game designed by a team of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco led by Adam Gazzaley as a way to help with mental cognition.
Gameplay involves driving a vehicle down windy roads and pushing buttons when a sign appears.
A 2013 review concluded that there is no good medical evidence to support claims that memory training helps people improve cognitive functioning.
[3] However, Neuroracer differs from conventional "memory training" apps, in that it focuses on multi-tasking in a virtual environment.
On June 25, 2020, the University of California published an online news article entitled: "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first video game therapeutic as a treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, based on research by UC San Francisco’s Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D."[4][5]