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Video games keep you young: Study |
2006-12-22 |
Forget cards and gentle aerobics - the best way to keep the elderly sharp is to teach them to play video games, new research suggests. Psychology research at Hamilton’s McMaster University shows gamers who spend more than four hours a week playing action video games such as Medal of Honour and Half Life 2 have a surprising array of skills ranging from quick reaction times and good spatial reasoning to a strong awareness of their surroundings and better short-term memory. With as little as 10 hours of training, non-gamers start to show the same mental strengths, says psychology researcher Jim Karle, a graduate student in the department of psychology, neuroscience and behaviour. Calling video games “beneficial for the brain,” Karle suggested they could be used to help reduce cognitive decline in the elderly. “Individuals who play action video games on a regular basis - more then four hours a week -appear to be very good at an astonishing variety of skills,” said Karle. “Just as an elderly adult may do 15 minutes of weight training to fight osteoporosis,” he said, “so could he or she play video games to keep the mind sharp.” |
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#9 OTOH, can never have too few breasts, even iff its Hillary's. |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-12-22 23:48 |
#8 Its embarrassing to had worked on advanced projects yet couldn't beat my [then]little nephews worth a damn on GRAND PRIX or even TIGER WOODS GOLF, etc, - they are talking PS3's andor XBOX360's while I'm still stuck on PS1 = N64. WE'RE DOOMED, I TELS YA, DDDOOOOOOMMMMMEEEDDDDD. |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-12-22 23:47 |
#7 Nerds and Hot Chicks vid. SSFW. Note: This site is how you kill your Christmas time off, lol. |
Posted by: .com 2006-12-22 15:48 |
#6 |
Posted by: Besoeker 2006-12-22 13:58 |
#5 I saw an ad in a game magazine in the 90s: Studies have shown that monkies will forgo food, sleep and sex to play video games They're monkies! What's your excuse? |
Posted by: badanov 2006-12-22 13:01 |
#4 Thank you God. |
Posted by: danking_70 2006-12-22 10:10 |
#3 Try Battlefield 2 or 2142. |
Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2006-12-22 10:00 |
#2 so, my time on Gears of War and Unreal Tournament are therapy? Cool |
Posted by: Frank G 2006-12-22 07:49 |
#1 "Video games keep you young." Oh, great! Now my kids'll never grow up! |
Posted by: Mike 2006-12-22 06:52 |