Video Games good for brain? Me say it not untrue
by Nick Doerr 
{ Dec 28th 2006 at 11:30AM }
Not necessarily PS3-specific, but still good news for the gaming community. Research being conducted at McMaster University in Hamilton tries to find a link between video games and our working memory -- that is, our short-term memory. What did they find? Memorizing something like a phone number can be done by anybody, gamer or not. But when the last four digits of the number are swapped, gamers were able to adapt and re-memorize that very quickly. Far quicker than the non-gamers, like, 45 milliseconds quicker. With 8% less error. So it's not a huge deal, but there's some sort of link. Since the tests were done mainly with first-person shooters, perhaps more puzzle-oriented or multi-tasking games would show a stronger link? It would be interesting to pit genre against genre in regards to assisting us in our real world lives. What keeps us sharp? What dumbs us down? Go ahead and leave your thoughts about what genre of gaming would come out on top, or what would be helped the most by any one game. Have fun with it. Metal Gear Solid 3? Hands down, survival tactics. Eating alligator is entirely fair game if abandoned in a jungle. Now you know.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
A Wii Fan @ Dec 28th 2006 12:29PM
Well...
This may be true for players of most systems, but from personal experience, it's the PS3 fanboys who can't spell and don't know grammar.
Oh, and type in all caps, telling Wii fanboys how mature they are (in terrible grammar/spelling, naturally).
Anyone care to prove me wrong?
PS: If you want to sound smarter, get Firefox 2. It has a spell checker.
A PS3 Fan @ Dec 28th 2006 12:38PM
@ #1:
Go bcak to palying ur dum Wii in 480i wit out commpnent caybels, U IMMATURE NOOB!!!!
ndoerr @ Dec 28th 2006 2:20PM
Sorry guys, there's really no news at all for the PS3 today. If you've any suggestions, let us know! Once I get signed up with GameFly, expect the PS3Fanboy Reviews to begin. In any case, no news is good news, right? Unless it's how ya get paid ;)
mike @ Dec 28th 2006 2:43PM
@ #1
Oh just because you little child won the spelling bee contest at high school doesnt mean that you are smarter dumbass go away and play your stupid wii in a b&w tv jackass.
A Wii Fan @ Dec 28th 2006 3:46PM
@ #4:
Learn to use something called punctuation. And while you may be playing your $600 PS3 on a $3000 HDTV, I'm having just as much, if not more fun, on my $250 Wii, with a TV that I got free from a friend, with a $20 RF modulator.
Dahk @ Dec 28th 2006 4:24PM
"A Wii Fan" look at the thread above. You want proof? Look at the article above this one on the main page. The only person who typed the complete thing in caps was indeed a wii fan - assuming he/she was angry about how the ps3 got 1st place instead of the wii.
And HEY! 'Tis not good to start a sentence with AND. And so there I end my schbeil.
Actually I have more: Its $600 PS3 and $1500 HDTV! Take THAT =D Haha okay I'm just fooling around, but as nickymandood said, it's a slow day.
Also, it seems to me that whenever I post more than 1 comment a day it doesn't go through! Lets try this out.
Jason B. @ Dec 28th 2006 6:25PM
I always find it funny when someone makes fun of someone else's spelling, punctuation and other grammar when they do not know how to use it themselves. Good job, Wiifan.
Why do people troll other fanboy sites just to make inane comments regarding other consoles and their owners? That just baffles the mind, but I suppose using one's mind isn't a fanboy's prerogative.
A Wii Fan @ Dec 28th 2006 8:07PM
Dahk and Jason B.:
While it has historically been incorrect to start a sentence with a conjunction, it is now appropriate to use it for impact.
Unfortunately, you were right about the annoying Wii fanboy. I suppose every console has its annoying, semi-literate fanboys.