Study Finds Frequent Gaming Changes Your Brain 171
Coolhand2120 writes "Gamers always felt they had more grey matter. The LA Times reports there is now proof: 'Fourteen-year-olds who were frequent video gamers had more gray matter in the rewards center of the brain than peers who didn't play video games as much — suggesting that gaming may be correlated to changes in the brain much as addictions are. European scientists reported the discovery Tuesday in the journal Translational Psychiatry. Psychologist Simone Kuhn of Ghent University in Belgium and colleagues recruited 154 healthy 14-year-olds in Berlin and divided them into two groups. Twenty-four girls and 52 boys were frequent gamers who played at least nine hours of video games each week. Fifty-eight girls and 20 boys were infrequent gamers, who played less than nine hours a week. Structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed differences in the test subjects' brains. Frequent gamers had more gray matter in a portion of the brain known as the left ventral striatum, which affects the interplay of emotions and behavior. Previous research identified striatal function as a 'core candidate promoting addictive behavior.'"
Re:Training those reflexes.. (Score:2, Funny)
Overlooking the most important finding. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:RTFA (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot Headline: Study Finds Frequent Gaming Changes Your Brain
FTA: They couldn't determine if the frequent gamers' brains grew larger as a result of playing video games or if those kids were attracted to gaming because that part of their brain was enlarged in the first place
At least the submitter could have read the article.
New Slashdot Headline: Study Finds Frequent Slashdot Reading Shrinks The Part Of Your Brain That Reads Articles
Re:Old news... (Score:5, Funny)
Try watching "50 First Dates" to see what happens when your brain doesn't change from what you experience. Or "Groundhog Day", where the rest of the world doesn't change ...
Studies will show that watching 50 first dates reduces brain mass by as much as 5% per viewing.
Re:Training those reflexes.. (Score:3, Funny)
I swear this is the world's most boring Penthouse Forum letter.
Re:Sampling Problem? (Score:2, Funny)
As tempting as that scenario may seem on certain lonely weekends, I for one will not begin wearing bras now.
In related news... (Score:5, Funny)
Heart medication causes heart attacks.
A study finds that people on heart medication are 3 times more likely to suffer a sudden heart attack, than other people. The conclusion is obvious.
Re:Training those reflexes.. (Score:4, Funny)
i wish i can grep, less, awk, search in real life.
I'd settle for just 'screen' so that in those long boring meetings I can leave myself sitting and nodding the right responses, while actually I'm disconnected off somewhere else having fun.