Here are a few readings for today: video games lead to faster decisions ” Cognitive scientists from the University of Rochester have discovered that playing action video games trains people to make the right decisions faster. The researchers found that video game players develop a heightened sensitivity to what is going Read more…
A new article in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine points to some correlations between depression in women and high BMI and Internet use in men and the likelihood that they played videogames. I’m fairly certain that the original article is careful about the distinction between correlation and causality, but Read more…
I am always up for suggestions on how to improve brain function, whether this means Sudoku, videogames, exercise, diet, and so on. So I read with interest that a group of UCLA researchers are reporting correlations between gray matter volume and the practice of meditation [1]. I have never tried Read more…
I am always amazed at the creativity of researchers and the questions they ask. Emily Holmes and her Oxford colleagues [1] followed a very interesting line of reasoning in their investigation of the use of Tetris in preventing PTSD flashbacks: The brain has limited capacity for processing information within a Read more…
Over the 30 years plus that I’ve been teaching, I’ve seen a reflection of what’s happening in the elementary and secondary classrooms in California. There have been ups and downs. Among the “downs” were the cohorts of students who had no clue whatsoever about the differences between “there,” “their,” and Read more…