Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Everything bad is good – or bad – for you


A few days ago, Science Daily published two summaries of new neuroimaging studies whose findings seemed to point in opposite directions: Video Game Play May Provide Learning, Health, Social Benefits,” and “Teens Eat More, Cheat More After Playing Violent Video Games.” What are we to make of these divergent evidence-based conclusions?

See my previous post. Needless to say, the Mind Hacks hacked into the second study with its alarmist conclusions, too.