Griffin Video games and the Brain
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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Video games and the brain.
Video games are good for the prefrontal cortex.
"This area of the brain is thought to be involved in planning complex cognitive behaviours and in the expression of personality and appropriate social behavior"
(Dictionary.com)
Video games affect pre-frontal cortex which controls risk and reward.
The risk and reward center helps you make the right decisions.
PREFRONTAL CORTEX HELPS YOU DO MANY THINGS AT ONCE.
Teenage video games players have brains "like gambling addicts" by Tamara Cohen; daily mail November 15, 2011
Video games help you make decisions faster.
Video games help strengthen the prefrontal cortex and therefore help people make good decisions and do many things at once.
2) Video games help hand-eye coordination
Video games increase your cortical thickness.
"Playing video games is not unlike exercise that beefs up your brain's decison-making brawn"
THE SURPRISING CONNECTION BETWEEN PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND A THICKER BRAIN BY: DAVID DISALVO; FORBES
