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Your brain on video games

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Daphne Bavelier |

TEDxCHUV

• June 2012

How do fast-paced video games affect the brain? Step into the lab with cognitive researcher Daphne Bavelier to hear surprising news about how video games, even action-packed shooter games, can help us learn, focus and, fascinatingly, multitask.

How do fast-paced video games affect the brain? Step into the lab with cognitive researcher Daphne Bavelier to hear surprising news about how video games, even action-packed shooter games, can help us learn, focus and, fascinatingly, multitask.

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Daphne Bavelier

Daphne Bavelier

Cognitive researcher

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Daphne Bavelier studies how the brain adapts to changes in experience, either by nature or by training.

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