Your Brain on Video Games
23-Feb-2017 by Danny Wong in category Computer Games, Education, Video tagged as action games, brainHow do fast-paced video games affect the brain? Step into the lab with cognitive researcher Daphne Bavelier to hear surprising news about how video games, even action-packed shooter games, can help us learn, focus and, fascinatingly, multitask. Daphne Bavelier is a professor at the University of Geneva, who studies cognitive neuroscience. Watch this TEDx talk. [...]
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23-Jan-2017 by Danny Wong in category Computer Games, GamionDesigned by Freepik Well done games are literature. They’re amazing and it’s just a different kind of a way to experience something.Liz Fiacco, Video game designer Video games has had some bad reputation in the past. Mainly due to the effects of violence and lack of moral values that some games have. Unfortunately this generalize classification [...]
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20-Jan-2017 by Danny Wong in category Computer Games, Education, VideoCan we learn from playing video games? Watch this video and see how we video games can be use in learning. Play World of Warcraft to learn about cross functional teams in real life work environment James Gee is an American researcher who has worked in psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, bilingual education, and literacy. Gee is [...]
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