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"Action Games Improve Women’s Spatial Abilities, Says New Study"

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Wed, 10/03/2007 - 12:29 — nickiter
GamePolitics cites a new study about spatial reasoning and gaming. "While research has consistently shown that the male brain has advantages in spatial skills like geometry, interpreting technical drawings and reading maps, a new study says that playing action-oriented video games can equalize the sexes in that regard."

Link to full article on GamePolitics.

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Thu, 10/04/2007 - 08:34 — wkzanders
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dumb(?) question, maybe....

Could could this study also be read as indicating that video games focus on games that utilize skills that men are socialized to have?

hmmmm....now I can tell my husband that his monkey (DK) always wins because he was socialized to....HA!

;p

Fri, 10/05/2007 - 00:49 — KarenKL
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Action games make me feel

Action games make me feel sea-sick! Still! I tried them again this week, this time with Dramamine. Still felt pretty ill.

I just didn't enjoy the fact that the main point of the game (Bioshock) seemed to be whacking mutants with a pipe wrench. Though the setting was beautifully rendered. I also had trouble telling when the mutant was attacking me from behind. This sort of attack does not seem sporting, but I guess mutants don't care for the niceties of life.