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FORBES: Do Video Games Make You Smarter? Maybe Not.

Over the past ten years, a number of studies have shown that video game players often outperform non-gamers on measures of perception and cognition, and that video game practice can enhance those abilities.

FORBES: Do Video Games Make You Smarter? Maybe Not.

Several hundred pages are devoted to the neuroscience of perception, cognition, emotion, empathy and other aspects of social awareness.

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