'Video games damage brain'

21 May 2015 - 02:09
By ©The Daily Telegraph

Millions of boys could be at increased risk of Alzheimer's and other mental illnesses in later life from playing video games such as Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed, according to new research. Scientists say players navigate the screen using a key area of the brain called the caudate nucleus, which leads to loss of grey matter in the hippocampus.

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