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Nick Video Games and the Brain

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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VIDEO GAMES & THE BRAIN

 

1) Video games are good for the prefrontal cortex.

Teen rated games like "GAMBLING ADDICTIONS" BY: Tamara Cohen; daily mail 11/15/2011

1) Prefrontal cortex is
"The area of the brain is thought to be involved in planning complex cognitive behaviors and in the expression of personality and appropriate social behavior" (dicionary.com)

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Video games affect your prefrontal cortex which control risk & reward

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Risk & reward helps you make the correct decision.

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Video games help you make decisions faster.

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Prefrontal cortex helps you do many things x1.

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Video games help strengthen the frefrontal cortex and therefore help people make good decisions and do many things at once.

2) Video games help hand-eye coordination.

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3) Video games increase your cortical thickness.

09 ways video games can actually be good for you -drew guarini huffington post web source P5
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