Playing Video Games Can Improve Cognitive Abilities

New research by Western University and Science and Industry Museum revealed that playing video games can boost your cognitive abilities.

Over 2,000 participants were asked to complete a lifestyle survey followed by Creyos online brain games that measure memory, attention, reasoning, and verbal abilities. The study, led by Adrian Owen, a professor in cognitive neuroscience and imaging at Western's Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, shows that among the 1,000 people who finished all the tasks, playing games had a positive effect on cognition but didn't affect their mental health.

Interestingly, this goes against what Hiroyuki Egami, a behavioral scientist at Nihon University in Tokyo, found earlier. His study involved more people and concluded that during a shortage of PS5 consoles, getting to buy one led to mental health benefits.