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Florida State hits restart on video game research

09/14/2011

An increasing number of studies have suggested video games--action video games, specifically--might actually be good for people.  The thought was that mastery of these games could improve a variety of cognitive and perceptual abilities.  But a new study out of Florida State University shows these results are not what they seem, and there are a lot more levels of study to conquer before we'll really know if beating the game gives a boost to your brain.