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What is all this video gaming doing to young brains?


Growing scientific evidence demonstrates that the human brain dynamically changes in response to experience and to changes in the environment, a phenomenon that is known as “plasticity.”

a world with vastly different technology driven demands, opportunities and challenges, is surely going to lead to brain changes

video games may actually induce brain changes that lead to behavioral benefits.

number of applications of computer games have been developed for education and rehabilitation

A recent study by Daphne Bavelier and colleagues at the University of Rochester offers the intriguing suggestion that playing video games may not only be beneficial because of practicing specific skills, but may also enhance core functions of vision – something that has been classically viewed as immutable as an adult.

game induce different brain changes and thus promote different behavioral advantages