Computers, Video Games 'Infantalising' Our Brains, Says British 'Lady':
"According to a British researcher, video games and computers are making us fat, stupid, and lazy. Baroness Susan Greenfield, director of the Royal Institution science research center, contends that gamers and computer users don't learn painful, real-life lessons -- such as those learned by a child who touches a hot stove or pulls a cat's tail. According to the Baroness, this leads people to repeat past mistakes, despite the negative consequences.
It also means we're not using certain parts of our brains -- in particular, the pre-frontal cortex ('You use it or lose it. And if you don't use it, you are infantalising the brain,' she told some folks at a science seminar in London last week.)
'Lady Greenfield' also said that she believes we're on the road to widespread gluttony and sloth -- and then to stupidity. Greenfield seems to be unfamiliar with games that promote activity, such as 'Wii Fit,' and she must have missed the studies showing that video games improve eyesight, increase mental functioning, and can aid in the recovery of stroke victims."
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