Effect of Tablet-Based Games on Executive Functions in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment

The intervention is a tablet (iPad or android) based role-playing game called FarmVille. In FarmVille the player assumes the role of a farmer tasked with tending to crops and farm animals and using what is produced to craft goods which can be sold to expand the farm. The participant is required to play FarmVille for 5 or more hours a week for 8 weeks.

"This intervention is a selection of tablet (iPad or android) word puzzles and image puzzles. One word puzzle involves word making (i.e., making words from a set of random letters), and the other word searching (i.e., finding words on a grid of letters). One image puzzle is Flow Free, a game that requires the player to connect pairs of same coloured dots positioned on a grid ranging from 5x5 to 9x9. The other image puzzle is a jigsaw. The participant is required to play these games for 5 or more hours a week for 8 weeks."