The Best Game for the Brain
July 5, 2009 by Milo Riano
Filed under Computers
There are so many games nowadays and parents are usually hesitant of their child spending time on video games as it is a distraction to their studies and it doesn’t provide any benefit to brain development of people.
Georgia Institute of Technology and North Carolina State University have teamed up via a $1.2 million grant to research the benefits of video game playing. The initiative aims to determine whether playing video games can boost the person’s thinking skills and memory. Their first task is to identify the qualities that make a good game for the brains and build a game from scratch.
According to Dr. Anne McLaughlin, assistant professor of psychology at North Carolina State, the fundamental brain strengthening qualities are attentional demand, novelty, and social interaction. With these things in mind, the best game suited for the job is EA’s Boom Blox games.
The Boom Blox game is a Steven Spielberg and EA game, with Steven on board, a product that exercises the brain is no surprise.
Image from Boom Blox games.
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