Gaming Produces a Meditative State

Your brain, in other words, may not consent to be trained. But t will improve a few of these key skills if you let it enjoy a few hours of the first-person shooter BioShock. Recent research, the 2012 re noted, has revealed action games' positive effects, not just on attentional control and emotional regulation, but also on decision making, "mental rotation" (the ability to create a mental image of m object and manipulate it in three dimensions), and the ability to switch rapidly between competing tasks. The effects develop after just a few hours c of game play and can last for days, months, and even years.. Researchers also noted that expert action gamers h have something in common with, of all people, those who excel at meditation: both show a "lower recruitment of the fronto-parietal network," which helps people regulate their attention. Essentially, both gamers and gurus get better at paying attention and exert less effort to stay focused.