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3D video games improve spatial memory
Playing 3D video games can improve spatial memory and even change the shape of your hippocampus. Ten days of gaming improved maze navigation and memory recall by 30% compared to a control group.
- 🧠 The hippocampus, crucial for memory and spatial navigation, showed measurable shape changes after gaming.
- 📈 Object recognition memory improved by 10 points, equivalent to 20 years of age-related decline.
- 🎮 The study used a giant physical maze and MRI scans, a first for this type of research.
- 🤖 Empathy for robots increased significantly when they were given names and backstories, making people reluctant to smash them.
An aerial view of a person navigating a large, white-walled maze.