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010 - Can Games Make You Smarter?

Psychology of Video Games Podcast

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The Effects of Playing Action Games on Attentional and Cognitive Skills

People trained on the action games can track more items at a higher accuracy rate. We're actually working on a meta-analysis, you know, kind of a broad review of the literature. And there's 50, 70, 80 papers identifying an individual, attentional or cognitive or perceptual abilities that are improved by playing this type of game.

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