Article - What are the benefits of Tetris?
The theory is that Tetris thickens the cerebral cortex - part of the brain that plays a key role in memory, attention, perceptual awareness, thought,...
Article - What are the benefits of Tetris?
03/09/2009 13:15The theory is that Tetris thickens the cerebral cortex - part of the brain that plays a key role in memory, attention, perceptual awareness, thought, language and consciousness.
"What we found was a change in the brain after playing Tetris," says Dr Richard Haier, a neurologist who led the project. "The thickness of the cerebral cortex actually increased, by less than half a millimetre."
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