Study: Video games could improve kids’ brains


Children play a video game called League Of Legends (LoL) during a game tactics class at the NGO AfroReggae headquarters of the Vigario Geral favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A large new US study published in JAMA Network Open on Oct 24 indicates there may be cognitive benefits associated with the popular pastime. — AFP

WASHINGTON: Parents often worry about the harmful impacts of video games on their children, from mental health and social problems to missing out on exercise.

But a large new US study published in JAMA Network Open on Oct 24 indicates there may also be cognitive benefits associated with the popular pastime.

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