Pure Curiosity With Iris Mcalpin

What if you could play a fun, intelligent, self-adapting video game to treat your ADHD or depression?  What if a psychiatrist's office was no longer just a place to get pills, but a place to lay back and immerse yourself in a Virtual Reality treatment environment?  It sounds like science fiction, but neurologist/neuroscientist Dr. Adam Gazzaley is working to make these things a reality.  In this episode of Pure Curiosity, Adam describes his cutting-edge research and the future of digital medicine, including the development of what will likely be the world's first prescribable video game!  The future is very bright indeed. About Our Guest: Dr. Adam Gazzaley obtained an M.D. and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He is now Professor in Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco and the Founder / Executive Director of Neuroscape, a translational neuroscience center engaged in technology creation and scientific research. He designs and d