http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/
I'm a neurobiologist, btw.]]>Jan 21st 2010 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/
And I'm an aerospace engineer. ]]>Jan 21st 2010 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/
Exactly... have em test it out on MW2. See who the smartest is then. Space Fortress pfft.]]>Jan 21st 2010 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/
Stay @ Home Mom & Lawyer here LOL but sorry no one can get the geek gamer outta me and my boyz at home LOL

geez, my head feels so swollen rightnow LMAO! ]]>Jan 21st 2010 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/
People who suck at gaming - ragequit now! :P]]>Jan 21st 2010 7:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/So now they can start to argue good minds goto waste playing games, because they are good at it they get sucked in when they could be responsible citizens instead, researching the best way to torture prisoners, designing new weapons, but no they are busy gaming, such a sad waste.

]]>Jan 21st 2010 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/
I've always seen myself as being extremely stupid - now I'm smart. I hate my life.]]>Jan 21st 2010 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/
basically thats like saying, people with bigger brains are better doctors, lawyers, and pornstars.

in other words, um, yeah, no shit.]]>Jan 21st 2010 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/I'm very easily distracted in games btw, so I guess I should hit my spam to order some caudate nucleus and putamen extenders.
]]>Jan 21st 2010 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/_]]>Jan 21st 2010 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/I'm now 30 and a casual gamer :( I need to pick up the slack and find time to do some gaming, been wanting to for a while]]>Jan 21st 2010 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 7:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 8:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/
He played mind games a lot...with people.

E=MC^2

"Prove it, common gamers--I mean people.." - Einstein.]]>Jan 21st 2010 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Rocket surgery?]]>Jan 21st 2010 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/]]>Jan 21st 2010 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/
Let me guess, you're not a good gamer, aren't you?]]>Jan 21st 2010 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/


]]>Jan 21st 2010 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/
The test were not done people playing fps's sadly but they should do that though.]]>Jan 21st 2010 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/perseverate
n verb Psychology repeat or prolong an action, thought, or utterance after the stimulus that prompted it has ceased.

DERIVATIVES
perseveration noun

Source: Oxford english dictionary

You mistake is understandable though, I too would expect it to be a mistake rather than another word, it is internet after all.]]>Jan 21st 2010 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/
You are right. I've looked it up and apparently perseveration is the medical form of the word that means perseverance. How interesting, two different noun forms of the same word :)]]>Jan 21st 2010 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/(I don't actually enjoy or care much about video games though, so I guess I don't have motivation to learn to get better... and so the "ability to learn" is useless in this case?)]]>Jan 21st 2010 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Not all areas in the brain are used for intellect, so having a part that's bigger doesn't mean you are smarter, it might be something completely different, processing visual cues for instance, or emotion, or smell, language, so much goes on there and only a bit of it is intellectual, if I can use that word in a broad context for a sec.
That's why it mentions that if certain parts are bigger you are less easily distracted, that has nothing to do with smarts.
You even have a big chunk that's just for recognizing faces, the function seems purely social, and some people no doubt have a better ability in that area, and thus that part should be larger too.
]]>Jan 21st 2010 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/I see I see.
Then I must have a very tiny "ability to shoot at stuff and drive in a straight line" brain-part xD
Now I'm thinking, this article pretty much tells you "if you are good at videogames, the part of your brain used to play these videogames is bigger"? That seems...a bit obvious once you assume bigger=better, I dunno.]]>Jan 21st 2010 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/haha, well spotted, it does look like that.

]]>Jan 21st 2010 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/
That's profound, how much did this study waste, er I mean cost?]]>Jan 21st 2010 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/"The" are wrong.]]>Jan 21st 2010 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/21/study-shows-that-better-gamers-have-bigger-brains-are-better-le/Jan 21st 2010 11:19AM