People with schizophrenia can be trained by playing a video game to control the part of the brain linked to verbal hallucinations, researchers say.
Patients in a small study were able to land a rocket in the game when it was connected to the brain region sensitive to speech and human voices.
In time, the patients learnt to use the technique in their daily lives to reduce the power of hallucinations.
But this is a small pilot study and the findings still need to be confirmed.
The research team, from King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience and the University of Roehampton, says the technique could be used to help schizophrenia patients who do not respond to medication.
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It's great to find that video games aren't a waste of time.
It's really not if done right. Glad that schizophrenia patients can now get a prescription to game.