Can Minecraft and Angry Birds Improve Thinking Skills?
Can playing Minecraft and Angry Birds improve thinking skills in your child? How can parents and educators help kids transfer executive functioning skills used in these games to the real […]
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Parents Who Feel Guilty about Letting Their Kids Play Video Games
Have you ever overeaten or spent too long sitting in front of the television? Most normal, well-adjusted, healthy adults would say yes to at least one of these questions. I […]
How Exercise Improves Executive Functions: Finding Games and Apps That Promote More Exercise in Kids
Vigorous physical exercise leads to improvement in executive-functioning skills. Studies detailed by John Ratey in his book “Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain” demonstrate how kids […]
Major League Gaming
When I was a kid in the 1960s my biggest dream was to be a major-leaguer. Yes, I wanted to be a baseball player like my heroes Carl Yastrzemski and […]
Can Your Kid Have a Career in Video Games?
Many parents have heard their kids tell them that they want to be a video game developer or a professional video game player. Can kids actually have a career in […]
Should You Worry about Video Game Addiction in a Child with Autism?
Video games are an incredibly engaging activity for many 21st century children and perhaps even more so for kids affected by autism. While there are many benefits to video-game play […]
Games to Improve Working Memory Skills
Working memory is a skill that helps children follow multi-step directions, solve math word problems, and, perhaps most importantly, comprehend what they read. Working-memory limitations often underlie academic and attentional […]
What Parents and Educators Should Know About Minecraft
Does Minecraft rot your kid’s brain? Is she wasting her time constructing shelters, collecting resources, and exploring her Minecraft environment? Not according to many teachers who have found Minecraft to be a powerful […]
What The Research Says About Video Games and Autism
There is a wealth of anecdotal evidence that kids on the autism spectrum are learning from video games and digital technologies. While kids diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder are undoubtedly […]
Should Kids with Autism Play Video Games?
Should kids with autism play video games?
Parents frequently ask me should kids with autism should play video games. I give them a qualified “yes” accompanied by a few important […]
