Can playing 'shoot-em-up' style video games boost cognition?

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I’m not sure. Likely. Maybe. I don’t know. I will ask my doctor at the annual appointment and get back to you.

Maybe ask your doctor. I don’t think the internet research is good enough

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i play shoot em up i dont know what my cognition is i thiuunk it helps only in video games

or maybe not becouse i didnt tried not playing video games for a year

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God I hope so cause that’s definitely something I can do.

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nah i think it just makes u better at video games

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Yeah it’s like those brain training sites. It just makes you good at solving certain puzzles.

I play a lot of computer games because they can hold my interest for a long time. Movies,reading…all that was so much harder to manage but I can play computer games…I think there’d be some benefit. Some games teach you to think rationally and gives you some structure…not sure you could quantify the benefits but there is probably some improvement for sure!

Good point @anon89143308 ! You take all the net stuff with a grain of salt!

I think it might improve the cognitive skills required to play such games without improving cognitive skills generally.

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