Correlation Found Between Brain Structure and Video Game Success

[wraggster]

Still want to argue that video games shrink your brain? While video games have been previously shown to stimulate brain activity and improve coordination skills, a recently published study has directly linked structures in the human brain with video game aptitude. And yes, apparently size does matter in this case. Quoting: '... each subject received 20 hours of training to play a video game specifically created for research purposes, called Space Fortress. It's basically an Asteroids-type arcade game, in which the object is to knock down and destroy an enemy fortress while dodging space mines. However, the game has lots of extra twists that require close attention. Some of the players were told to focus exclusively on running up a high score, while others were told to shift their priorities between several goals. The result? The subjects who had more volume in an area called the nucleus accumbens did significantly better in the early stages of training. Meanwhile, those who were well-endowed in different areas of the striatum, known as the caudate nucleus and putamen, handled the shifting strategies better.

http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/01/20/2224247/Correlation-Found-Between-Brain-Structure-and-Video-Game-Success

[symbal]

So the basic conclusion is some brains are wired up better to perform certain tasks, well i just want to conclude with a big Duh!

[branik]

The further conclusion is when you play games you train certain skills (not only being good in this particular game!) despite them being needed or not (conclusion from experience - the more you do something the better you are in it). Let's add gaming to martial arts training.