Monday, February 13, 2006

Video Games Keep You Young

Well, this is a new one in the ongoing war between video games turn you into psychopaths versus video games will make you genius ... video games keep the brain fresh and youthful:

Before you assume gadgets and video games fry the minds of the future, consider this: Canadian researchers are finding evidence that the high-speed, multitasking of the young and wireless can help protect their brains from aging.
-- Better living through video games? (via Gambit's Blog)

Actually, this isn't as crazy to me as some other assertions I've heard. A professor in my old psych department did a lot of research about Alzheimer's versus stress and distractions. Still, I don't know how to take this litany of short term studies which constantly try and paint video game as either beneficial or harmful. And I have played lots and lots of games ... but my memory is horrible.

But maybe I just haven't played enough...



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5 comments:

  1. Clamatius11:29 AM

    I think my memory's getting worse. But I'm not sure because I can't really remember how good it was...

    I like your idea though. Clearly I'm not playing enough games, that's the problem. :)

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  2. Brinstar1:23 PM

    My memory is sometimes bad. I'm great with birthdays, but not so good with remembering offhand comments that I make. Clearly, I need to spend more time playing videogames.

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  3. Josh1:27 PM

    I swear there are times I don't remember the beginning of a sentence before I um, you know. Finish it.

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  4. Clamatius3:36 PM

    Perhaps you should German have studied. :P

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  5. Brinstar6:03 PM

    German language videogames will solve all problems.

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