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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. Impossible by talonyx · · Score: 1, Troll

    That's a bunch of bullshit. There's no way watching/experiencing something non-chemical can actually halt the development of your mind.

    If the kids were snorting coke while playing Quake that would be different.

    I'm sure this is just like the uncontrolled study of Rhesus monkeys that "showed" marijuana causing intense distruction of brain cells.

    I can think perfectly fine right now, but i'm stoned. So, if I can make a point, it must not be killing my mind.

    I play videogames often and I'm reasonably sure my straight-A's back up my intelligence.

    I remember playing lots of games like Wolfenstein when I was 10 or so....