| 05/27/2010 |
| Study finds casual gaming can help cognition |
East Carolina University 's Laboratory of Psychophysiology recently published some encouraging results of a study on the impact of casual games may have on the cognitive abilities of older players. According to Gamasutra , The study has been carried out during the nearly six months and counting of the votes counted certain mental functions of 40-some participants over the age of 50, as they 've played different games PopCap in half-hour chunks over the duration of the study. Researchers have found that even this semi-regular play (like, really, who plays a PopCap game for just thirty minutes) has boosted participants' cognitive response times by 87 percent, in addition to increasing their executive functioning by a whopping 215 percent.
So, what does thatZuma that she can now move things around with her mind.  The study finds that casual games will help cognition originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 27 May 2010 03:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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