Tetris Improves Your Brain 145
An anonymous reader writes "Playing Tetris increases the density of the cortex and improves the efficiency of some parts of the brain, according to researchers investigating video games and other complex spatial tasks." Unfortunately, storing a half million copies of the song negates any practical functional gains beyond loading your trunk very efficiently.
srsly?! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Elektronorgtechnica Bias -- Any Video Game Real (Score:5, Funny)
Indeed. This Science Experiment brought to you by Nintendo.
The Song (Score:5, Funny)
Da Da-Da-Da Da Da Da, Da Da, Da Da, Da Da Da, Dah-Dah-Dah,
Duh,Duh,Duh, Da-Da-Da, Dah Dah, Dum Doo, Dee Dee, Dah Do De Doo.
Dahhh Dahh, Dahhhh Dahhh, Dahhh Dahhh, Dahhhhhh
Dahhh Dahh, Dooooo Dahhhh, Dum Do Deeee Dahhhhhhh,
Repeat!
Plus, it gives you an incredible advantage (Score:2, Funny)
...in masonry.
Re:srsly?! (Score:5, Funny)
Madness? This is SLASHDOT.
Re:In Soviet Russia, Tetris eat your shorts !! (Score:3, Funny)
Who knows, if you'd pointed out that Tetris was actually created in Russia you might have been moderated informative instead of offtopic...
Re:The Song (Score:4, Funny)
Tetris Helps... (Score:5, Funny)
Plasticity Makes Perfect (Score:3, Funny)
Basically they did an MRI scan of girls before the study, then scanned them again after they had played Tetris for three months and their brain showed increased density rostral to the central sulcus, which is the region responsible for complex movements of the fingers and hands (based on the rough rendering at the top of TFA).
Where do I go to get funding to do stupid stuff like this? I have an MR machine, I have 3-months to kick back and travel the world giving 10 minute seminars while my research subjects regulate themselves. Please, someone tell me what I must do.
Re:Blockout! (Score:4, Funny)
Oh man!
I played that for hours and hours a day.
Really improved my skills to fit a LOT of luggage in the car.
Thanks, Captiain Obvious! (Score:4, Funny)
Next:
"Exercising Improves Your Body"
News at 11.
Of course it increases brain density! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Elektronorgtechnica Bias -- Any Video Game Real (Score:2, Funny)
Those parts didn't include the ones that were supposed to keep my roommate from failing out of college while he was playing Tetris.
In Soviet Russia... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Plasticity Makes Perfect (Score:3, Funny)
Well, in order to get instant success like that, there's only one thing to do:
Stop being ethical.
Re:Elektronorgtechnica Bias -- Any Video Game Real (Score:3, Funny)
As a child, however, at the recommendation of her doctor, her parents encouraged her to play Tetris and other hand-eye-coordination / reaction time games a lot, [..] EEGs now show that other parts of her brain have taken up the slack. You'd never know she used to have trouble with motor control.
If you observe closely, there may be occasional giveaway signals [youtube.com] to the way your wife's brain approaches hand/eye coordination...