after binging CoD over thanksgiving with the double xp i felt dumb like someone had scrapped my brain out with a spoon. turns out playing CoD literally makes you dumb
Action video games lead to a reduced volume of gray matter in the hippocampus, which can seriously impact brain health, a new study suggests.
www.medicalnewstoday.com
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according to
previous researchconducted by Dr. West, action video game players employ a particular kind of navigational strategy called “response learning,” which is based on forming a navigational “habit” and relying on it.
Response learning is also associated with a
decrease in the gray matter of the hippocampus, which is a part of the brain linked to episodic memory and orientation. A low amount of gray matter in this brain area is related to
Alzheimer’s disease,
depressionTrusted Source, and
post-traumatic stress disorder.
In looking at the effects of action video games on the hippocampus, Dr. West and his colleagues also took into account any links with the striatum, which is a brain area that receives signals from the hippocampus.
The striatum also contains the caudate nucleus, which plays an important role in the formation of habits and procedural memory – that is, the kind of memory that we rely on to know how to walk, swim, or ride a bicycle.
According to
existing researchTrusted Source, Dr. West and his colleagues note that “the caudate nucleus shares an inverse relationship with the hippocampus.”
This means that if we rely too much on habit and procedural memory, we end up underusing the active learning capacities promoted by the hippocampus. This may cause the hippocampus to atrophy, leading to an unhealthy brain structure overall."
i think i'm done with this game at least binging on it anyway.