Casual video games boost cognitive functions
May 26, 2010 by CGP Staff
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According to a recent study conducted at East Carolina University’s Psychophysiology Lab, subjects who played casual video games for short periods showed an 87% improvement in cognitive response time and a 215% increase in executive functioning. According to ECU, these improvements in overall cognitive acuity are comparable to changes recorded after other types of cognitive interventions such as mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and cognitive remediation therapy. More at PopCap Games and ECU.edu.
Now everything is explained… I was addicted to video games. 😉
Ha ha ha! So was I… 🙂
Good to see you around Marcelo.
hahahah. So, we are ex-addicts, Pablo.
At the time, there were several myths surrounding the Atari 2600: people would say it hindered children´s learning, wrecked TV sets, etc. Some parents forbade their children from playing because of these stories. In my case, even my parents got hooked on Frostibyte for Atari 2600. Good old days.
Funny. I hadn’t heard of those Atari 2600 myths… The problem with children’s learning and the attention deficit disorder (ADD) has probably been around since the invention of television, though…