"Your Brain on Video Games."

1. Johnson, S. (2014, July 24). Your brain on video games: Could they actually be good for you? Discover. Retrieved from: http://discovermagazine.com/2005/jul/brain-on-video-games

In this article, Steven Johnson outlines some reasons video games may actually be good for us, ideas he explores at greater length in his book Everything Bad is Good for You.  

2. Granic, I., Lobel, A., & Engels, R. E. (2014). The benefits of playing video games. American Psychologist, 69(1), 66-78. doi:10.1037/a0034857

In this scholarly, peer-reviewed journal article, the authors explore some of the evidence that video games have benefits for us. This article is available to you via the Newman Library's database at the link from the title and is attached below for your convenience.

The_benefits_of_playing_video_games(1).pdf

3. Jane McGonigal: The game that can give you 10 extra years of life

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YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfBpsV1Hwqs

Jane McGonigal is a game designer who speaks eloquently about how games can make things better.  Here is one of her TED Talks about how she created a “recovery” game that helps make people more resilient. 

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