Games like ‘Call of Duty’ train brains to learn faster

A new study shows for the first time that playing action video games improves not just the skills taught in the game, but also learning capabilities more generally.

"Prior research by our group and others has shown that action gamers excel at many tasks. In this new study, we show they excel because they are better learners," says Daphne Bavelier, a research professor in brain and cognitive sciences at the University of Rochester. "And they become better learners," she notes, "by playing the fast-paced action games."

Posted by Monique Patenaude-U. Rochester

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