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That's the really contentious part of the claim. There's evidence that these games may make you better at performing certain tasks - but there's very little tha
by reeder 15y ago
That's the really contentious part of the claim. There's evidence that these games may make you better at performing certain tasks - but there's very little that video games make you generally smarter.
Nicholas Carr has written a nice piece on this http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2011/04/grand_theft_att.php http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2011/04/grand_theft_att.ph...
- ajkessler 15y agoRight. This was the first "game" that actually improved intelligence. The article you linked doesn't have much to do with the claims about dual-n-back. It seems to be referring exclusively to traditional video games, with most of the claimed benefits relating to hand-eye coordination, spacial recognition, reaction times, stimulus processing, etc. Dual-n-back, and improving working memory, is a totally different animal.