Thursday, January 21, 2010

Brain Scans Predict Video Gamers Success

A screen shot of the video game "Space Fortress" which was used to measure performance and learning rates. Credit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

From Cosmos:

SYDNEY: The size of three specific regions of the brain can predict performance in video games, and may show the way forward for education, said American psychologists.

Participants in the study had to play the video game "Space Fortress", and submit to brain scans to measure the volume of three parts of the 'striatum', located deep in the forebrain and thought to be responsible for picking up skills and behavioural habits.

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