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Published on Nov 18, 2015

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VIDEO GAMES AND THE BRAIN

 
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VIDEO GAMES MAKE YOUR PREFRONTAL CORTEX BIGGER

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Prefrontal cortex controls risk and reward. "This area of the brain is thought to be involved in planning complex cognitive behaviors and in the expression of personality and appropriate social behaviors" ( dictionary.com)

Teenage Video Game Players Have Brains Like "Gambling addicts" by: Tamara Cohen, daily mail; November 15, 2011
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Video games help prefrontal

CORTEX WHICH CONTROLS RISK AND REWARDS
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Risk and reward helps you make the right decision.

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Prefrontal cortex helps you do many things as once.

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Video games help you make decisions faster.

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Video games help strengthen the prefrontal cortex and therefore help peole makes good decisions and do many things at once.

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2) Video games help hand- eye coordination.

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Video games increase your cortical thickness.

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3) video games increase your cortical thickness

9 Wags video Games Can Actually Be Good For You ,
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