Games Improve Cognitive Skills!

The May 29 issue of Nature contains an article claiming that playing video games (shooters) can improve certain cognitive skills. We are talking “the brain changes as the result of experience” type claims. The position that such experiences have some very real redeeming qualities (beyond being fun) is in stark contrast to those who see the dark side of such games (see CNN news article). While I am not ready to assign Doom as homework quite yet, the development of these contrasting claims will be interesting to follow.