About The Study: Compared with non-video gamers, video gamers were found to exhibit better cognitive performance involving response inhibition and working memory as well as altered blood oxygen level-dependent signal in key regions of the cortex responsible for visual, attention, and memory processing in this study involving 2,200 children. The findings are consistent with videogaming improving cognitive abilities that involve response inhibition and working memory and altering their underlying cortical pathways.
Authors: Bader Chaarani, Ph.D., of the University of Vermont in Burlington, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.35721)
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