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Other Classic Arcade Games => Classic Arcade Game Discussion => Topic started by: QAOP Spaceman on August 08, 2017, 01:26:38 am

Title: Pew pew pew bad, cute cute cute good
Post by: QAOP Spaceman on August 08, 2017, 01:26:38 am

Some of us have known this for ages, but it seems researchers at Montreal University have been able to demonstrate that shooters make you stupid, and cuteness makes you smart.

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Further linking video game playing and response strategies, Kuhn & Gallinat [40] showed a negative correlation between playing certain types of action video games (e.g. Ego shooters with role-playing game design elements, such as Borderlands, Fallout 3 and Dead Island) and volume of the entorhinal cortex, a region highly interconnected with the hippocampus. Conversely, the study reported a positive correlation between time playing certain logic and puzzle video games (e.g. Tetris; Professor Layton) and platformer games (e.g. Super Mario 64) and volume of the entorhinal cortex.

http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1808/20142952 (http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1808/20142952)

Shooter fans can read the easy words version here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4768834/Violent-shooter-video-games-really-rot-brain.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4768834/Violent-shooter-video-games-really-rot-brain.html)    Kappa

Title: Re: Pew pew pew bad, cute cute cute good
Post by: timhett on August 08, 2017, 05:27:14 am
Did you notice it only talked about brain size, not ability?
Shooters make the brain more efficient, requiring less of it.  The body naturally uses the proteins for other things, like building muscles  <Roy>
Title: Re: Pew pew pew bad, cute cute cute good
Post by: TheSunshineFund on August 08, 2017, 12:08:02 pm

Some of us have known this for ages, but it seems researchers at Montreal University have been able to demonstrate that shooters make you stupid, and cuteness makes you smart.

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Further linking video game playing and response strategies, Kuhn & Gallinat [40] showed a negative correlation between playing certain types of action video games (e.g. Ego shooters with role-playing game design elements, such as Borderlands, Fallout 3 and Dead Island) and volume of the entorhinal cortex, a region highly interconnected with the hippocampus. Conversely, the study reported a positive correlation between time playing certain logic and puzzle video games (e.g. Tetris; Professor Layton) and platformer games (e.g. Super Mario 64) and volume of the entorhinal cortex.

http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1808/20142952 (http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1808/20142952)

Shooter fans can read the easy words version here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4768834/Violent-shooter-video-games-really-rot-brain.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4768834/Violent-shooter-video-games-really-rot-brain.html)    Kappa


Later,

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Title: Re: Pew pew pew bad, cute cute cute good
Post by: wolfman24 on August 08, 2017, 12:12:03 pm
so by that logic dating sims and bullet hells make you hella smart  Kappa
Title: Re: Pew pew pew bad, cute cute cute good
Post by: alumbrada on August 08, 2017, 04:17:23 pm
So what about DK3? It's a shooter but kind of cute.
Title: Re: Pew pew pew bad, cute cute cute good
Post by: QAOP Spaceman on August 08, 2017, 05:25:11 pm
Quote from: alumbrada
So what about DK3? It's a shooter but kind of cute.

From the study:

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Further, the study reported a positive correlation between time playing psuedo-cute action shooters like DK3 and the ability of the telepathinal cortex to remotely move inanimate objects (specifically Coca Cola cans) under laboratory conditions

 :o
Title: Re: Pew pew pew bad, cute cute cute good
Post by: Barra on August 08, 2017, 06:51:48 pm
ROFL