July 16, 1999
Teenagers Playing Video Games Have Brain Waves Similar to Rats Navigating Mazes
In a study of teenagers playing video games, scientists have found the human equivalent of a type of brain activity previously identified in rodents navigating their way through mazes.
Scientists at Brandeis University; Children's Hospital, in Boston; and Harvard Medical School studied three epileptic teenagers in whose brains electrodes had been temporarily implanted. The findings were published in the June
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