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Breakfast game

Breakfast game has been studied in 1 paper since 2026: 1 trial in people; 1 in the past year. The newest story, Nov 13, 2026: “Game strategy improved multitasking test scores in older adults”.

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1 new paper in 30 daysSee all 1 papers on breakfast game

At a glance

The findings reach people, from one lab or study. 1 lab in 1 country.

“Both groups improved the game performance over the sessions, but the EmCh presented significantly greater improvement.”
Training executive control and multitasking abilities in older adults: training gains and transfer effects of an online pilot randomized controlled trialScientific reports2026doi:10.1038/s41598-026-56974-9

None of its findings points the other way.

Humans: a single group. Cells, worms or flies and mice: nothing yet.

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funder: National Institutes of Health
  • Human trial1

Studies in people

1 study gave breakfast game to people and measured what changed.

What changedDesignPeopleSource

up: Improves game performance

up: Improves multitasking and executive/attention control

no change: Has no effect on self-efficacy, mood, and cognitive activities in daily life

Randomized trial12 intervention sessions, three times per week38 peopleolder adultsOlder adults; Cognitively unimpairedScientific reports, Sep 28, 2026

What did studies of breakfast game find?

3

Studies of breakfast game measured 3 outcomes: self-efficacy, mood, and cognitive activities in daily life, multitasking and executive/attention control and game performance.

Self-efficacy, mood, and cognitive activities in daily life

no changein humans1

1 study

  1. Breakfast game showed no clear effect on self-efficacy, mood, and cognitive activities in daily life in humans (Cognitively unimpaired; distant-transfer outcomes).

    “There were no distant-transfer effects on self-efficacy, mood, or cognitive activities in daily life.”

    Human trialCognitively unimpaired; distant-transfer outcomeswith Emphasis Change12 intervention sessions, three times per weekn = 38

    Game strategy improved multitasking test scores in older adults

    Scientific reports

Multitasking and executive/attention control

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Breakfast game improves multitasking and executive/attention control in humans.

    “There were time-by-group interactions in the game metrics and near-transfer outcomes on multitasking and executive/attention control, indicating greater training gains and transfer effects in the EmCh group.”

    Human trialCognitively unimpaired; near-transfer outcomes compared with Breakfast Game without Emphasis Changewith Emphasis Change12 intervention sessions, three times per weekn = 38

    Game strategy improved multitasking test scores in older adults

    Scientific reports

Game performance

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Breakfast game improves game performance in humans (Cognitively unimpaired; compared with Breakfast Game without Emphasis Change).

    “Both groups improved the game performance over the sessions, but the EmCh presented significantly greater improvement.”

    Human trialCognitively unimpaired; compared with Breakfast Game without Emphasis Changewith Emphasis Change12 intervention sessions, three times per weekn = 38

    Game strategy improved multitasking test scores in older adults

    Scientific reports

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Scientific Reports

Game strategy improved multitasking test scores in older adults

In a 12-session pilot randomized trial of 38 older adults, shifting attention during an online game brought greater gains than giving tasks equal priority.In a 12-session pilot randomized trial of 38 older adults, shifting attention during an online game brought greater gains than giving tasks equal priority.

Randomized trial · 38 peopleInterventions
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