On-screen action and off-screen movementsĪnother study in 2014 - this time from Canada's University of Toronto - examined action video games such as Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty. Those who played the 3-D game improved their scores by roughly 12 per cent - while those who played the 2-D game showed no improvement.
Then, when they measured the difference in before-and-after memory tests for each group, you can guess which one fared better. To test their theory, researchers asked study participants to play either the 3D Super Mario game, or the regular 2-D game Angry Birds for 30 minutes every day for a fortnight. Just last year, the University of California added their two cents to the gaming-is-good-for-you evidence, with a study that involved one of our favourite - Super Mario 3D World. An additional dimension for additional memory
This flexibility in your brain is what you need to make decisions when faced with new challenges or unexpected twists. Other games involved in the study were Modern Combat, Fruit Ninja and StarFront Collision, and while these may have their own benefits, Cut the Rope was the only one shown to improve mental flexibility. Using a puzzle game favourite Cut the Rope, they discovered that even just an hour per day with this brain-teasing, cute candy-munching critter led to improved executive functions in adults. In 2014, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore released research results that took a closer look at what puzzle games did for the brain. We all know that bowling, playing laser tag and hitting up the arcade are more exciting than home time on Friday, but what you might not know is that games can be good for so much more than just putting a smile on your face.įortunately, scientists like playing games and proving these kinds of theories as much as we like talking about it, so here are just three studies that show you should definitely visit your ZONE BOWLING Centre once that Friday evening comes around.
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