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by **krod** on Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:35 pm

A body of research suggests that playing video games provides benefits similar to bilingualism in exercising the mind. Just as people fluent in two languages learn to suppress one language while speaking the other, so too are gamers adept at shutting out distractions to swiftly switch attention between different tasks. A new study of 100 university undergraduates in Toronto has found that video gamers consistently outperform their non-playing peers in a series of tricky mental tests. If they also happened to be bilingual, they were unbeatable

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by **Samppa** on Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:05 pm

I suppose you mean do video games prevent the brain from ageing?

If that's the case, no. They, like some other things, can help you learn to become "adept at shutting out distractions to swiftly switch attention between different tasks.".

by **Blake** on Tue Feb 14, 2006 1:51 am

So I guess playing video games over school work all these years has been helping...I'm sure parents around the world are going to be happy to hear about this.

by **thanjee** on Mon Feb 27, 2006 7:03 am

The shutting out distractions bit is the thing that always gets me into trouble when I am gaming. I fail to notice the time, and the commotion going on around me. Then before I know it, people are accusing me of being addicted to computers, and that I think higher of my computer than I do of them. Sure I may be able to beat everyone in a quiz (I am also bilingual) but does this have any social application or value?

by **roogog** on Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:20 pm

yeah but the benefits are probably out-weighed by the drawbacks...no sleep; eye-strain; rsi of the thumb,fingers,wrists; headaches; forgetting to eat/drink; no social life; poor posture, back pain, neck pain....etc Smile

by **mdranta** on Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:19 pm

thanjee wrote:but does this have any social application or value?

probably not. well unless your playing a multiplayer game or your having a LAN party (because those are so awsome:D ). Why don't you go and organize something like that then you can hang eith your friends and play games.

by **ngunder** on Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:45 am

Thank you Thank you! I have been waiting for this for about 15 years now. The whole time I thought I was going to die of brain cancer, but now I have something to be happy about.

by **mdranta** on Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:38 pm

Your very welcome

by **scarface** on Sat Apr 15, 2006 3:38 am

krod wrote:
A body of research suggests that playing video games provides benefits similar to bilingualism in exercising the mind. Just as people fluent in two languages learn to suppress one language while speaking the other, so too are gamers adept at shutting out distractions to swiftly switch attention between different tasks. A new study of 100 university undergraduates in Toronto has found that video gamers consistently outperform their non-playing peers in a series of tricky mental tests. If they also happened to be bilingual, they were unbeatable

well thats my case im cuban and i learned english trough games and some habilities that i had are more sharped now is amazing yep Cool

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