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Japanese Researcher Finds Gaming Stunts Brain

Posted by timothy on from the until-the-next-study-comes-out dept.

Bill Gates writes: "This story at the Guardian describes research done in Japan showing that playing video games in youth prevents development of the front lobe, leading to violent behavior." Turns out what at first appears to be arbitrary, mind-numbing violence may turn out to be just that. It seems this study might have returned different results, though, if it looked at the effects of video games which require lots of calculation instead.

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  1. I'm waiting... by quintessent · · Score: 1, Redundant
    ...for a similar study on the effects of reading Slashdot 10 hours a day.

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