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To expand on the title: > verbal reasoning (logic, vocabulary), matrix reasoning (visual problem solving, analogies), and letter and number series (computation
by thih9 4y ago
To expand on the title:
> verbal reasoning (logic, vocabulary), matrix reasoning (visual problem solving, analogies), and letter and number series (computational/mathematical) dropped during the study period
> scores of 3D rotation (spatial reasoning) generally increased from 2011 to 2018
- gleenn 4y agoI wonder if any of this is related to Covid. Perhaps it afflicted parts of the brain differently. That doesn't explain why any parts would get better though.
- ipaddr 4y agoThe period they are studying happens before covid
- cookie_monsta 4y ago> scores of 3D rotation (spatial reasoning) generally increased from 2011 to 2018 Minecraft's full release date? November 2011. Just sayin'
- adrr 4y agoVideo game penetration went up significantly during this time period. It's probably all video games and not specific to just one. https://www.marketingcharts.com/cross-media-and-traditional/videogames-traditional-and-cross-channel-83618 https://www.marketingcharts.com/cross-media-and-traditional/...
- speed_spread 4y agoWe had Lego long before that.
- mdp2021 4y agoWhich was probably generally not an addictive obsession.
- speed_spread 4y agoMy mother would tell you otherwise. My worlds were all in that big bag of bricks. You could collaboratively build machines and landscapes, then tell stories within that transient place. And once you got into "Technics" sets, the mechanical components were actually quite sophisticated. I've put in thousands of hours into those little plastic bricks.
- mdp2021 4y agoOk, but the very fact that you write «mother» suggests a certain "demographics", while the title of the actual article is 'Looking for Flynn effects in a recent online U.S. /adult/ sample: Examining shifts within the SAPA Project'. I think different scenarios may be suggested.
- 1letterunixname 4y agoI had LEGO Duplo in 1981 and LEGO at the Christmas of 1982.