Playing video games can improve cognitive skills

New research from Western University and the Science and Industry Museum has found that playing video games can boost your cognitive abilities.

Over 2,000 participants were invited Complete a lifestyle survey followed by Creyos online brain games which measure memory, attention, logical thinking and verbal skills. The study, led by Adrian Owen, a professor of cognitive neuroscience and imaging at Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, shows that among the 1,000 people who completed all tasks, Playing games had a positive effect on cognition but did not affect mental health.

Interestingly, this contradicts what Hiroyuki Egami, a behavioral scientist at Nihon University in Tokyo, previously found. His study included more people and concluded that purchasing a PS5 console during a PS5 console shortage resulted in mental health benefits.