Share of Cost, Brain Exercise Video Games Can Improve Kids’ School Performance
Friday, Dec. 23rd 2011 6:40 AM
Video puzzle games which exercise a child’s working memory were found to enhance abstract reasoning and problem solving skills significantly, researchers from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They added that the improvements persisted for at least three months after they stopped playing the games.
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