![]() ![]() “This indicates that while some games may help to improve mental abilities, not all games give you the same effect. “This finding is important because previously, no video games have demonstrated this type of broad improvement to executive functions, which are important for general intelligence, dealing with new situations and managing multitasking,” said Asst Prof Patterson, in a statement issued by the NTU today (June 24). This was to ensure the findings were not temporary gains due to motivation or arousal effects. The NTU said that the three tests to measure one’s executive functions were done a week after the undergraduates had finished playing their assigned game. The exercise lasted for four weeks, or a total of 20 hours, the statement said.įollowing the exercise, the study showed players of Cut the Rope could switch between tasks 33 per cent faster, were 30 per cent faster in adapting to new situations, and 60 per cent better in blocking out distractions and focusing on the tasks at hand than before training. ![]() They tested four different mobile games - a first-person shooter (Modern Combat) arcade (Fruit Ninja) real-time strategy (StarFront Collision) and a complex puzzle (Cut the Rope) - as previous research had shown that different games trained different skills.Ībout 52 NTU undergraduates who were non-gamers were selected to play an hour a day, five days a week on their iPhone or iPod Touch devices. The study was conducted by Assistant Professor Michael D Patterson and his PhD student Adam Oei, from NTU’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences. SINGAPORE - Playing games such as Cut the Rope may be considered a waste of time by some, but a Nanyang Technological University (NTU) study has found that such puzzle games improve adults’ brain functions.Īccording to the study, adults who play the physics-based puzzle game regularly for as little as an hour a day had improved executive functions, which are important for making decisions in everyday life when having to deal with sudden changes in the environment.
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