father raboola conundrum

to catch a bus u gotta think like a bus 💕 she / her

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Playing Super Mario 64 for 30 minutes a day for two months physically grew the brains of the people who played it. A 2014 study in Molecular Psychiatry scanned participants before and after two months of daily play and found increases in grey matter in three regions involved in memory, planning, and fine motor control.

The study was led by Simone Kuhn at the Max Planck Institute in Berlin. She gave 23 adults a Nintendo DS and told them to play Super Mario 64 for at least 30 minutes a day for two months. A control group played nothing. MRI scans taken before and after showed that the Mario group had measurable increases in grey matter in the right hippocampus, the right prefrontal cortex, and the cerebellum, and the increases were not found in the control group.

The hippocampus is where the brain stores spatial maps. Super Mario 64 is a game built entirely around navigating three-dimensional space, jumping between platforms, remembering which doors lead where, and building a mental model of a world that does not exist. The brain treats a virtual world the same way it treats a real one: it maps it, stores it, and grows to accommodate it.

The prefrontal cortex handles planning and strategy, which the game demands constantly. The cerebellum handles timing and coordination, which every jump requires. The brain was not just entertained. It was being trained, and the tissue responded the same way muscle responds to a weight: it got bigger.

Kuhn said the results suggest that video game training could be used as a therapy for conditions where these brain regions are reduced, including post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, and age-related brain shrinkage. The prescription is a plumber in a red hat, 30 minutes a day. https://t.co/8hKZMvh8VN

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

From today’s Times: ‘Researchers at the University of Cambridge said that regardless of “what or how we read”, sitting down with a book is linked to improved health and problem solving. Benefits include lowering stress and reducing the risk of dementia, and span all types of reading, from comic books to classic novels or hefty non-fiction tomes.’

[subhash @slyezil]

Really cool

[father raboola conundrum @major_look_]

@giltcomplex Please share the whole thing I will credit you on the teams chat

[father raboola conundrum @major_look_]

@itsnotk2real @samlereyeee crew-sorntt

[father raboola conundrum @major_look_]

@samlereyeee pannoo shocka laa

[father raboola conundrum @major_look_]

@PunchingCat That’s a @pants looking cat irl

[father raboola conundrum @major_look_]

Christopher Nolan does not need parking apps

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

Christopher Nolan admits he’s never used email or owned a smartphone.

[father raboola conundrum @major_look_]

why not both

[father raboola conundrum @major_look_]

@BeratStuff When you play salmon run on random

[father raboola conundrum @major_look_]

@RebeccaCNReid

[father raboola conundrum @major_look_]

@PeanutButterGmr I played play-doh katamari with my little one when he was a toddler, humming the theme song as we rolled up little figures

[father raboola conundrum @major_look_]

I asked my 10 year-old boy to take photos of things he wants for Christmas while we were in town. Here are his choices 💓

[father raboola conundrum @major_look_]

Tron ares: if not fren, why fren shaped?

[father raboola conundrum @major_look_]

@LuckyLondonLou @NintendoUK Had the same issue and there was zero context as to why they were greyed out - really bad design there

[father raboola conundrum @major_look_]

Found your leaving card from work

[baby yaga @yagadigital]

Nigerians are the most eloquent people on earth

[Intel Lady @intel_lady]

Girls: Have one of these in your bag wherever you go. You never know when you'll be struck with period pains etc. Be careful not to get any in your eyes though, it's almost like being pepper sprayed- which you MUSTN'T carry because that's illegal in the UK.

[ems 🍂 @atotalposer]

i’m being pushed to the jar jar brink

[« 2k2 » @peach2k2]

vibecoding is the future