EPTVideo game success may be in the mind - Page 5
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iNcontroL
USA29055 Posts
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bburn
United States1039 Posts
This seems like a pretty small sample size to be drawing conclusions from. I also believe the article is misrepresenting the science. "But those players who ultimately performed best on the game in which priorities changed had larger sections deep in the centre of the brain, known as the caudate and putamen...This makes sense, because these areas have been linked to learning procedures and new skills, as well as adapting to changing environments." So essentially this is not any new information they just used a different medium (video games) than they have in the past for these type of experiments. | ||
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starfries
Canada3508 Posts
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Undisputed-
United States379 Posts
On January 26 2010 09:06 starfries wrote: ... it's really bizarre that this thread is the one being trolled. Agreed just got back to read through it and thought wtf haha, entertaining none the less! | ||
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I_Love_Bacon
United States5765 Posts
On January 26 2010 08:28 Hypnosis wrote: You do realize that this will be the next great breakthrough in science? Random conclusions drawn from absolute bullshit. Oh wait that's physics LOL I feel like such a nerd for laughing at that for as long as I did. I can't believe so many people were butthurt over incontrol making a joke about something he thought was stupid. It's like you've all never seen a thread on this forum before. | ||
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V6
147 Posts
people frustrated people bashing incontroll incontroll bashing people nerd rage me entertained | ||
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SolaR-
United States2685 Posts
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Romance_us
Seychelles1806 Posts
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TimmyMac
Canada499 Posts
On January 26 2010 09:04 bburn wrote: "10 men, 29 women - who had spent less than three hours each week playing video games in the previous two years" This seems like a pretty small sample size to be drawing conclusions from. I also believe the article is misrepresenting the science. "But those players who ultimately performed best on the game in which priorities changed had larger sections deep in the centre of the brain, known as the caudate and putamen...This makes sense, because these areas have been linked to learning procedures and new skills, as well as adapting to changing environments." So essentially this is not any new information they just used a different medium (video games) than they have in the past for these type of experiments. UGH, can't stand it when people with no research or stats experience post about sample sizes. Most human studies are conducted on similar scales unless they're some huge observational study costing millions. Do you know how expensive research is? Clearly they had enough power to report significant findings, otherwise this article wouldn't even exist. Also, loling at the spoiled kid with the airhorn who won't stop blowing it. | ||
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starfries
Canada3508 Posts
On January 26 2010 09:30 V6 wrote: sulky incontroll bashing thread people frustrated people bashing incontroll incontroll bashing people nerd rage me entertained incontroll gets banned | ||
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Zurles
United Kingdom1659 Posts
rofl.. | ||
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OpticalShot
Canada6330 Posts
i was thinking it's just fun e-drama, maybe turning too sarcastic and personal for the moderators' taste. | ||
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LaSt)ChAnCe
United States2179 Posts
Also, good to know that our mods are always watching and not playing favorites with the ban stick, the trolling felt a bit excessive. edit - just finished reading it, nevermind  | ||
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Ricjames
Czech Republic1047 Posts
On January 26 2010 09:38 CultureMisfits wrote: I think incontrol has proved why is better at bw than most of you here. I think Incontrol has proved that he has nothing better to do than bashing threads. Just go teach people sc or work out dude. And yes, this thread is dumb | ||
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CursOr
United States6335 Posts
I'm sure you could just as easily tell if someone was going to be good at math, or music, or writing if you did an early adolescent brain scan. Einstein actually had a smaller than average brain. But he had a large fold, or "knob" in one section of the cortex that gave him super-human spacial reasoning. The surface area of this section was increased dramatically. I found a really good (short) article about it, for anyone interested. + Show Spoiler + PhysicsOrg.com "When one thinks of Einstein, it is natural to assume that obviously his brain differed from that of the average person... At 1230 grams, it fell at the low end of average for modern humans... ...Einstein's parietal lobes were 15% wider than average... In addition to the parietal lobes, Falk claims to have discovered a pattern of ridges and grooves in those wider lobes that is rare..." I'm sure an in depth study of any simmilarly adept people would reveal a continuity to their brain structures.  Flash,  Bisu,  EffOrt and Rock would probably be a sample enough to determine similarties... that you might find in someone like Kolll... who picked up Starcraft at the Pro level in a rediculously short period of time. | ||
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Demand2k
Norway875 Posts
On January 26 2010 07:09 {88}iNcontroL wrote: Do you think the amount of money you have might correlate with how rich you are? hahahaha | ||
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Demand2k
Norway875 Posts
On January 26 2010 06:26 Koltz wrote: "Yes and hopefully the discovery that you can add each individual segmented area under a curve to get the (shocking) entire area of the curve will propel our understanding of Calculus" It's just that easy... giant /care all over your face | ||
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icyF
Finland305 Posts
On January 26 2010 08:12 {88}iNcontroL wrote: The conclusions people draw are astounding.. you think I am against ALL scientific advancements, and you deduct this from where? People have the audacity to call me stupid yet I am having my reading comprehension assessed, my intelligence weighed and my body mocked because I deign to disagree with the fascination of an OP.. THis has been a great case study of some of the TL posting community haha This just in: Forum success may be in the mind, study finds. sauce: 4chan | ||
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Etherone
United States1898 Posts
On January 26 2010 16:26 OpticalShot wrote: woa, why is incontrol banned -_-;; i was thinking it's just fun e-drama, maybe turning too sarcastic and personal for the moderators' taste. i have no idea since this thread (op) was absolute shit, its a link a 1 line quote followed by a sentence, all very obvious and previously stated. also to note the study was retarded, they too 39 people (wtf) 29 women 10 men ( double wtf) and have them play a video game. their conclusion? that people who learn faster, and adapt quickly ( i e the more intelligent people) did better. I dunno, this may be just me but this is ground fucking breaking... i may be jumping to conclusions, maybe inc was banned for something else. | ||
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Zack1900
United States211 Posts
If you read some of the links on the bbc page you will see some that another study finds that people convicted of violent crimes often have a smaller prefrontal cortex and suggest that if kids are identified to early enough the risk for violence can be reduced. I wonder if in the future their will be special video games designed to stimulate intelligence and non-violent behavior. | ||
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