Researchers explore an unlikely treatment for cognitive disorders: video games

A screenshot of Neurogrow, which tests a patient's memory and reaction time as an experimental treatment for cognitive decline. A screenshot of Neurogrow, which tests a patient's memory and reaction time as an experimental treatment for cognitive decline. The neurologist said Pam Stevens' cognitive impairment couldn't be treated. She and her husband, Pete Stevens, were told to give up hope. "On two separate occasions, over a two-year period, the neurologist said there was nothing we could do," said Pete Stevens.