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  Lower Grey Matter and Functional Brain Activity Associated with Playing Video Game

  • Posted by Milton Bertrand
  • May 20, 2015
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  Video gamers now spend a collective three billion hours per week in front of their screens. In fact, it is estimated that the average young person will have spent some 10,000 hours gaming by the time they are 21. The effects of intense video gaming on...  moreVideo gamers now spend a collective three billion hours per week in front of their screens. In fact, it is estimated that the average young person will have spent some 10,000 hours gaming by the time they are 21. The effects of intense video gaming on the brain are only beginning to be understood. New research shows that while video game players exhibit more efficient visual attention abilities, they are also much more likely to use navigation strategies that rely on the brain's reward system.  
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  Sustained aerobic exercise increases adult neurogenesis in brain

  • Posted by Milton Bertrand
  • February 8, 2016
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  It may be possible to increase the neuron reserve of the hippocampus – and thus improve preconditions for learning – by promoting neurogenesis via sustained aerobic exercise such as running, say researchers.