Women's spatial abilities increase with video games
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- ethered
Research done at the University of Toronto found women who played video games reduced the inherent difference between the sexes when it comes to spatial skills. Spacial skills are things like reading a map, driving a car and putting stuff together. Researcher Jing Feng says their original experiment showed that "women do not do as well on spatial tasks"; however, their second experiment found that video games improve both sexes when it comes to spatial skills, but women women catch up to men -- five months later the experiments yielded the same result.
There's no real explanation why there would be such a dramatic change after only 10 hours of video game playing or why it would last for months. One could complain about how it's ridiculous that this research is done and yada, yada, yada. But, if having the important women in our life play some video games hardwires them to read a map better, we'll take it -- we hate pulling over and asking for directions.
- jox0
Well, as long as they don't forget to clean and cook...
- capsize0
an inch is still an inch
- Mimio0
Will this stop the fights in the car that result with me having to pull over and read the map myself?
- TheBlueOne0
Konichiwa fo schnizzle
- sureshot0
I would love to hang out at a female only LAN party.
you know... just to make sure theres an extra joystick for them around.
- Jaline0
My spatial abilities haven't improved by playing videogames. At least I don't think they have.
But I suspect that it's just my horrible eyesight.
- chossy0
I will venture this as a conclusion fairly simple if you ask me and not worth the grant the researchers no doubt got.
Practice makes perfect?......
The more you do things that involve spatial skills the better you get at it. Unless you are a full on mungo like jaline :/
sorry matey just jokes.
- Concrete0
If becoming more Spatial means occupying more space, then yes, playing video games will make you fat.
Fact.
- Jaline0
hah, chossy, I'm actually a good driver, but that's because I know my limits and am aware of the people around me. Overall though, I know my spatial abilities are just okay, and not great. At least when compared to my brother...
- ethered-1
where is Jaline?? :(