People who played action video games have better vision in the sort of conditions where there is not much contrast. It can make all the difference when driving at dusk, or in fog, in being able, for instance, to see… — Daphne Bavelier Copy Share Image
Everybody thought that screen time was bad for vision. Well, it happens that spending a lot of time reading on a computer is bad… — Daphne Bavelier Copy Share Image
Normally, improving contrast sensitivity means using glasses or surgery to correct the eye. But we've found that action video games train the brain to… — Daphne Bavelier Copy Share Image
People who played action video games have better vision in the sort of conditions where there is not much contrast. It can make all… — Daphne Bavelier Copy Share Image
We know there are good sugars and bad sugars, and we don't discuss whether food in general is good or bad for us. We… — Daphne Bavelier Copy Share Image
In order to sharpen its prediction skills, our brains constantly build models, or 'templates,' of the world. The better the template, the better the… — Daphne Bavelier Copy Share Image
We have a large amount of data that shows playing fast-paced games improves hand-eye co-ordination, the ability to focus on the task at hand,… — Daphne Bavelier Copy Share Image
The average age of a gamer is 33 years old, not eight years old, and in fact, if we look at the projected demographics… — Daphne Bavelier Copy Share Image
We need to go beyond saying, 'I know what these games do because I see my son playing them,' and try to understand the… — Daphne Bavelier Copy Share Image
When people play action games, they're changing the brain's pathway responsible for visual processing. These games push the human visual system to the limits,… — Daphne Bavelier Copy Share Image
Studies of social games, puzzle games, and brain-training games have shown they have little effect on the brain despite often being marketed as improving… — Daphne Bavelier Copy Share Image
'Screen time' is meaningless - what matters is what you do while on the screen. The good, the bad, and the ugly faces of… — Daphne Bavelier Copy Share Image
Action game players make more correct decisions per unit time. If you are a surgeon or you are in the middle of a battlefield,… — Daphne Bavelier Copy Share Image
You can't compare the effect of multimedia-tasking and the effect of playing action games. They have totally different effects on different aspects of cognition,… — Daphne Bavelier Copy Share Image
