Gamers May Have a Learning Advantage Over Others

Channel:
United States NerdAlert
Subscribers:
188,000
Published on ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfY9hyAF4R8


Duration: 4:13
2,289 views
143

And your parents said playing games would make you dumb...
New research shows that people who play video games might be better at learning and making fast, correct decisions. Do you think it's accurate?

Kim and Fon break it down.

"Video games are apparently better than their reputation.
Neuropsychologists of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum let video gamers compete against non-gamers in a learning competition. During the test, the video gamers performed significantly better and showed an increased brain activity in the brain areas that are relevant for learning. Prof Dr Boris Suchan, Sabrina Schenk and Robert Lech report their findings in the journal Behavioural Brain Research."*

►Nerd Alert needs YOU! Please subscribe for more! http://dft.ba/-5yMt

*Read more: http://news.rub.de/english/press-releases/2017-09-29-neuroscience-gamers-have-advantage-learning

***************************************­*************
On FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/NerdAlertTYT

ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NerdAlertTYT

KIM:
https://facebook.com/kimhorcherofficial

FON:
https://twitter.com/FonHDavis

Nerd Alert: Bringing you tech news, gaming, geek culture and more every day of the week with host Kim Horcher and friends. Part of the TYT Network of shows.
http://youtube.com/user/nerdalert



Other Videos By NerdAlert


2017-10-15Giant Robot Fight THIS TUESDAY - USA vs Japan
2017-10-14Russia Used Pokemon Go to Flame Racial Tensions, Says Report
2017-10-1313 Reasons Why Friday the 13th is Scary
2017-10-13Enough Loot Boxes and Micro-Transactions!
2017-10-13What Was Marvel Thinking?!
2017-10-12Marvel's 'The Gifted' is Stuffed with X-Men Call Outs
2017-10-11Let's Play! Overwatch Halloween Terror 2017
2017-10-11It's HELA -Ween!
2017-10-11WHY Did Zuckerberg 'High Five' Puerto Rico Devastation?
2017-10-10Star Wars: The Last Jedi Official Trailer Review
2017-10-10Gamers May Have a Learning Advantage Over Others
2017-10-09You Won't Get Served By Humans at the New Shake Shack
2017-10-09Google's New Camera Decides What Pictures You Want
2017-10-08Fans Overwhelm Overwatch Devs
2017-10-07Familiar 'Harry Potter' Wizards Coming To Fantastic Beasts 2!
2017-10-06Pacific Rim: Uprising Trailer - As Good As The Original?
2017-10-06The 4 Best Rick and Morty Celebrity Guest Stars
2017-10-05Do You Want a Health Monitoring Tattoo?
2017-10-05Evidence Porgs are Food in Star Wars Episode VIII
2017-10-04We Might be Hardwired for Naps, Say Nobel Prize Winners
2017-10-04Did Facebook Do Enough to Stop Russia-Backed Election Ads?


Tags:
171003__NA05GamersLearning
Nerd Alert
Comics
Movies
Games
Entertainment
gamers
video games
learning
education
video games are good
games help people
smart game
brian game
video game
are gamers smart
funny
science
research
positive
flow
learn fast
game video
industry
weirdest
strangest
craziest
arcade machines