This is Your Brain on Video Games: An Examination of the Cognitive Benefits of Video Games and How Those Benefits Can Be Harnessed in the Classroom

Authors

Hale Burckin, Touro University California

Publication Date

8-2009

Document Type

Project

Degree

Master of Arts in Education (MA)

Advisors

Pamela A. Redmond, Jim O'Connor

Abstract

Children today are playing video games from a very young age, many of them for hours each day. Modern brain research has shown that the brain is much more pliable than we original thought. With this neuroplasticity in mind, this paper will look at how video game play is effecting the cognitive changes in the classroom to help the students better understand the curriculum.

Recommended Citation

Burckin, H. (2009). This is Your Brain on Video Games: An Examination of the Cognitive Benefits of Video Games and How Those Benefits Can Be Harnessed in the Classroom. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/tucgsoe/186