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Interceptor
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(Today, 01:09 PM)
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The renowned german Max-Planck-Institute found some striking evidence against the old prejudice of dumb gamers: Playing Mario actually grows your brain!


High quality Translation via google:

Who regularly plays " Super Mario " whose brain is growing - the researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development have found . Scientists around the developmental psychologist Simone Kühn were fifty selected subjects over two months every day for half an hour on a Nintendo console daddeln (playing) , and observed by magnetic resonance imaging their brain development.

The result of the study is clear: Compared to non-gamers also tested in a control group the researchers measured a significant increase in brain mass in the Hinregionen , which are responsible for coordination and navigation in three-dimensional spaces .

"This shows that specific areas of the brain can be trained by playing games ," Kuhn commented on her results . The researchers observed also that their subjects better cope found in three-dimensional worlds after the game trial .

Psychologist recommends video games as therapy

Kühn now hopes that future video games for brain training of patients with schizophrenia or post-traumatic stress disorder can be used - even as the willingness of patients to playful therapy is higher than other therapies , " patient cards Games are much more likely than other treatment options ," said Kuhns Co -Author Jürgen Gallinat .

Source: http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/webwel...per-Mario.html

Fun facts:
The journalists is a little bit confused and mentions PC-Gamers in the title
The embedded video is about how classic consoles are about to die and how tablets and phones are the future of gaming.


Serious sideeffect of getting 5 stars in 3D world; *click*
L~A
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(Today, 01:11 PM)
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Actually, it's pretty old news.
Interceptor
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(Today, 01:13 PM)
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Originally Posted by L~A

Actually, it's pretty old news.

And like this i became a victim of lazy journalism. Thanks for the link.
Goldmund
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(Today, 01:15 PM)
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Originally Posted by Interceptor

And like this i became a victim of lazy journalism. Thanks for the link.

You did quote a Springer outlet, after all.
Interceptor
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(Today, 01:22 PM)
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Originally Posted by Goldmund

You did quote a Springer outlet, after all.

Excellent argument.
SporeCrawler
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(Today, 01:53 PM)
hahahahah


PC Games brain grows thanks to Mario..


there is no official mario game on PC is there?
Not75Drops
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(Today, 02:03 PM)
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Originally Posted by SporeCrawler

hahahahah


PC Games brain grows thanks to Mario..


there is no official mario game on PC is there?



Well that's the NES box but it was on PC too.
ElTopo
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(Today, 02:04 PM)
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Here's the original English press release:
http://www.mpg.de/7588840/

I could've sworn we already had a thread about it. Either way, the results are hardly shocking and the original press release is a bit less sensationalist.
Last edited by ElTopo; Today at 02:07 PM.

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