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A study found that frequent gamers (5+ hours/week) performed cognitively like people 13.7 years younger, while those who played less than 5 hours/week performed as if they were 5.2 years younger. This suggests playing video games might enhance your cognitive abilities, but not your mental health

While relatively little is known about how the brain and body affect each other, research by Neuroscientist Adrian Owen is shedding light on how gaming and exercise affect our cognitive abilities.

More than 2,000 participants from around the world registered for the study, which asked them to complete a lifestyle survey followed by Creyos online brain games that accurately measure different aspects of cognition, such as memory, attention, reasoning and verbal abilities. While the online survey focused on long-term effects, the Western team will be inviting festival-goers to help them in a pilot study to examine short-term improvements to cognition as a result of exercise and gaming. While the online survey focused on long-term effects, the Western team will be inviting festival-goers to help them in a pilot study to examine short-term improvements to cognition as a result of exercise and gaming.

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