Videogames GOOD for the brain? WHUUUUUUT?

Chaos Wake · Post by **Chaos Wake** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:48 pm

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... ience/home

Well looky here. I've been saying this for ages, but it seems someone finnaly made an article on it.

According to this, a person who plays videogames, has about the same mental advantages as a bilingual person has to a monolingual person. You know, with out knowing another language.

RusticTrain · Post by **RusticTrain** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 12:56 am

GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY!

Post by **Avvatar** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 12:19 pm

Soo..... if we play violent video games...... we'll be killing people for decades!!!11

Post by **sys** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 7:23 pm

i'm skeptical.

Chaos Wake · Post by **Chaos Wake** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 7:39 pm

I'm somewhat skeptical, but really, as long as a game isnt totatly mindless, your still exercising your brain.

Funny Hat Man · Post by **Funny Hat Man** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 7:42 pm

It's not like non-stimulating things maek u liek.. dummar.

Chaos Wake · Post by **Chaos Wake** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:02 pm

Funny Hat Man wrote:It's not like non-stimulating things maek u liek.. dummar.

You're right, unless they encourage the person to be well, dumb.

tubbins · Post by **tubbins** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:05 pm

lol ya

Dude. · Post by **Dude.** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:19 pm

Internet forums also have kids gain a new perspective on politics.

No, seriously. I really think so.

Funny Hat Man · Post by **Funny Hat Man** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:26 pm

I'd hope so, forums like these (or what they used to be) actually engage in some mature conversation, types that are non-existant with normal teenagers because they just don't fucking care.