One hour of gaming may improve attention
Researcher published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience indicates that just one hour of playing video games may help improve attention....
read morePlaying video games may enhance learning
A study of “gamers” found that playing video games trains regions like the hippocampus. The researchers found that gamers were better than non-gamers at analyzing a situation quickly to generate new knowledge and categorize facts....
read moreAction video games reduce gray matter
Researchers at two Canadian institutions have found that playing action video games can harm the brain by reducing the amount of gray matter in the hippocampus....
read moreVideo games have positive effects on kids’ cognitive skills...
New research published in the journal “Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology,” indicates that playing on-screen games is actually good for children’s mental, cognitive and social skills....
read morePlaying 3D video games may boost memory
A new University of California-Irvine study found that playing 3D video games improved memory performance by 12 percent....
read morePlaying Tetris is a “cognitive vaccine” against PTSD flashbacks...
A new study indicates that playing computer games like Tetris 24 hours after a traumatic event may reduce the occurrence of the memories....
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