Tetris: Strengthening the Brain

It has often been argued that video games rot or even modify the brains of humans in ways that cause extreme violence and even death. A recent scientific test completed by the Mind Research Network in Albuquerque, New Mexico confirmed the exact opposite for the classic game many people know and love, Tetris.
After gathering a group of twenty-six female adolescent players, it was noted that those who practiced the game often during a three-month period had a higher level of brain efficiency, a generally thicker cortex, and a substantial increase in total gray matter. Those who did not practice the game very often obviously did not have the same levels of brain efficiency, indicating that the classic game is responsible for making people "smarter" in regards to memory, processing speed, and spatial reasoning. MRIs were used to diagnose the advancement in the brains of the test subjects.


Source: Biology News Net