High quality Translation via google:
Source: http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/webwel...per-Mario.htmlWho 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 .
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*
