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2. “Your brain on video games”
5 Takeaways

3. 1
Action-packed shooter games have
positive effects on different aspects of
behavior.

4. 2
Playing video games doesn’t lead to
attention problems & greater
distractibility.

5. 3
Popular ‘video games & the brain’
literature fails when tested in the lab.

6. 4
‘Multimedia tasking’ & playing action
video games have varying effects on
differnet aspects of cognition
recogintion.

7. 5
Intersect high entertainment value
video games with brain science for
measurable, long-term positive
changes.

8. MOST MEMORABLE LINE FROM TALK:
“Who really wants to eat chocolate-
covered broccoli? None of you!”

9. DAPHNE GETTING REAL IN HER TED TALK:
“General wisdom carries no weight”

10. CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS
Has been played for more than 600
million hours (equivalent to 68
thousand years)

11. FAST FACT:
Average ‘gamer’ is 33 years of age

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