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Playing Super Mario is also associated with brain changes [1]. Perhaps the answer is simply that as humans, our brains change quite a lot in response to our hab
by jahewson 12y ago
Playing Super Mario is also associated with brain changes [1]. Perhaps the answer is simply that as humans, our brains change quite a lot in response to our habits, and that such changes are unremarkable.
1. http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v19/n2/full/mp2013120a.html http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/v19/n2/full/mp2013120a.html
- moggflunkies 12y agoInteresting idea. Running with your suggestion, would you also suggest that there is no value difference in someones brain who has changed as a response to habitually playing the piano or doing math exercises relative to someone who smokes marijuana habitually?
- kennywinker 12y agoI'm with you all the way up to "unremarkable". We're still trying to understand the brain, so any observation of change is probably interesting and helpful to our understanding. I for one would love to see a long term study on the effects of learning to program on your brain. After long coding sessions I often find it challenging to communicate effectively with friends or to follow complex social interactions. It's clear to me that focusing on abstract ideas for extended periods has a short term effect, and I would have to guess it has a long term one as well.
- swagasaurus-rex 12y agoSuper Mario is no joke. Those mushrooms will alter the size of your cranial cavity.