Call of MRI: Action Video Games And The Brain

No sooner had I published my last post, on the much-discussed "women's brains are more active than men's" study, than another neuroscience paper triggered a fresh media storm. This time, the subject was videogames, and the headlines were alarming:

• Playing shooter video games damages the brain, study suggests

• Violent shooter video games really DO rot your brain

• Playing these video games could lead to brain disease