The subsequent brain damage ultimately results in long-term disability. Because the disease can cause multiple sites of damage throughout the central nervous system, patients will experience a wide variety of symptoms. One of most common is impairment of cognitive ability. Cognitive impairment, including impaired memory, attention, processing and executive functions, affects up to 65% of patients who have MS. Short-term memory, which is the ability to recall information that has been acquired only a brief time before it must be retrieved, is most often affected.

In a recent study, which compared two groups of people with MS, CogniFit Personal Coach proved successful in improving three memory domains among the people who trained with it, as compared with those who did not. The areas that showed improvement included working memory, visual short term memory, and general memory. The key to Personal Coach’s success appears to be its ability to provide focused training in both visual and short-term memory.