Action Quote by Daphne Bavelier

When we play games, our brains respond differently to stress and obstacles. We're better able to control our attention and ignore distractions.

— Jane McGonigal

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

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

“Complex training environments such as action video game play may actually foster brain plasticity and learning.”

— Barbara Oakley

When you play a videogame, you could be a completely different person than you are in the real world, certain aspects of the way…

— Christopher Nolan

I spoke at TED Global 2010 about the ways that video games engage the brain, and in particular, the idea of reward structures: how…

— Tom Chatfield

Every game we play activates our brain, and it's the same brain we have in real life as we have in the game.

— Jane McGonigal

It's rewarding to be able to change people's perceptions of reality, ... They just see their environment in a different way. They have a…

— Will Wright

As a genre, videogames take our minds on journeys, and we can control and experience them much more interactively than passively - especially when…

— John Maeda

Some people say video games rot your brain, but I think they work different muscles that maybe you don't normally use.

— Ezra Koenig

You need to develop mental habits that allow you to activate the same brain patterns we activate during gameplay.

— Jane McGonigal

Games lubricate the body and the mind.

— Benjamin Franklin