Portal 2 Might Be Better For Your Brain Than Lumosity
181A study found that Valve's Portal 2 may be better for improving cognitive skills than "brain training" games like Lumosity. Psychology of education researchers at Florida State University tested groups who played both games for a set amount of time and found Portal 2 players showed more improvement in a few different standard cognitive skill tests than Lumosity players. Does this mean we should re-examine "brain training" games and what they're designed for? Kim Horcher and special guest Bryan Forrest (Video Game High School, Man at Arms) discuss!
Read more: http://www.popsci.com/article/gadgets/portal-2-improves-cognitive-skills-more-lumosity-does-study-finds?dom=PSC&loc=recent&lnk=1&con=IMG
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