Playing Super Mario 64 increases hippocampal grey matter in older adults.
Maintaining grey matter within the hippocampus is important for healthy cognition. Playing 3D-platform video games has previously been shown to promote grey matter in the hippocampus in younger adults. In the current study, we tested the impact of 3D-platform video game training (i.e., Super Mario 6...
Main Authors: | Greg L West, Benjamin Rich Zendel, Kyoko Konishi, Jessica Benady-Chorney, Veronique D Bohbot, Isabelle Peretz, Sylvie Belleville |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5718432?pdf=render |
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