The small pool of money that I have been able to make is directly attributed to reading and interpreting financial statements. I have always believed that playing video games has helped me to increase my speed at reading these documents and my interpretive abilities. Now there appears to be some research to support this anecdotal evidence (as well as other benefits!).
I believe those who ignore this simple mental enhancement tool may be handicapping their potential. Something to consider!
"A new study by researchers at the University of Rochester finds that people who played games like "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" and "Halo 2" were apt to have sharper minds and were better at decision-making than those who did not." - Live Science
http://www.livescience.com/health/video-games-improve-decision-making-100913.html
"Our friends at Babbage have highlighted an interesting new study published in Current Biology, which suggests that video gamers make faster and more accurate decisions." - The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2010/09/video_games
"The participants in the test - including those who didn't usually play action video games - were found to have improved inference skills after playing 50 hours, compared with a test group that didn't play at all, according to the researchers. " - CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20016291-501465.html
"A host of new studies suggest that video games build rather than diminish cognitive skills." - Discover Magazine
http://discovermagazine.com/2005/jul/brain-on-video-games
"Surgeons who play video games are more skilled. There was a strong correlation between video game skills and a surgeon's capabilities performing laparoscopic surgery in the study published in the February issue of Archives of Surgery." - Reuters
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N2J303978.htm
"The Nintendo Wii may help treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease, including depression, a Medical College of Georgia researcher says...Participants showed significant improvements in rigidity, movement, fine motor skills and energy levels. Perhaps most impressively, most participants' depression levels decreased to zero." - Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
http://www.michaeljfox.org/newsEvents_parkinsonsInTheNews_article.cfm?ID=512
"New research has found that video gaming is an effective way to reduce anxiety and acute pain caused by medical procedures and could be a useful treatment for chronic pain. The research was presented this week at the American Pain Society’s annual scientific meeting." - Science 2.0
http://www.science20.com/news_articles/video_games_effective_pain_relievers_researchers_say
"Players of first-person shooter games are 30 to 50 percent more attuned to everything happening around them than non-video game junkies, and were better at using peripheral vision." - New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/29/us/video-game-killing-builds-visual-skills-researchers-report.html
I believe those who ignore this simple mental enhancement tool may be handicapping their potential. Something to consider!
"A new study by researchers at the University of Rochester finds that people who played games like "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" and "Halo 2" were apt to have sharper minds and were better at decision-making than those who did not." - Live Science
http://www.livescience.com/health/video-games-improve-decision-making-100913.html
"Our friends at Babbage have highlighted an interesting new study published in Current Biology, which suggests that video gamers make faster and more accurate decisions." - The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2010/09/video_games
"The participants in the test - including those who didn't usually play action video games - were found to have improved inference skills after playing 50 hours, compared with a test group that didn't play at all, according to the researchers. " - CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20016291-501465.html
"A host of new studies suggest that video games build rather than diminish cognitive skills." - Discover Magazine
http://discovermagazine.com/2005/jul/brain-on-video-games
"Surgeons who play video games are more skilled. There was a strong correlation between video game skills and a surgeon's capabilities performing laparoscopic surgery in the study published in the February issue of Archives of Surgery." - Reuters
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N2J303978.htm
"The Nintendo Wii may help treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease, including depression, a Medical College of Georgia researcher says...Participants showed significant improvements in rigidity, movement, fine motor skills and energy levels. Perhaps most impressively, most participants' depression levels decreased to zero." - Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
http://www.michaeljfox.org/newsEvents_parkinsonsInTheNews_article.cfm?ID=512
"The study, funded by Tetris‘ makers and authored by investigators at the Mind Research Network in New Mexico, shows that playing the classic puzzle game had two distinct effects on the brains of research subjects: Some areas in the brain showed greater efficiency (the blue areas in the diagram above), and different areas showed thicker cortexes, which is a sign of more grey matter (red)." - Wired
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/09/how-tetris-changes-your-brain/
"New research has found that video gaming is an effective way to reduce anxiety and acute pain caused by medical procedures and could be a useful treatment for chronic pain. The research was presented this week at the American Pain Society’s annual scientific meeting." - Science 2.0
http://www.science20.com/news_articles/video_games_effective_pain_relievers_researchers_say
"Players of first-person shooter games are 30 to 50 percent more attuned to everything happening around them than non-video game junkies, and were better at using peripheral vision." - New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/29/us/video-game-killing-builds-visual-skills-researchers-report.html
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