How Does Minecraft Affect your BRAIN??

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We’ve all seen our fair share of Minecraft YouTubers not being the brightest.12 11 to I mean 12 13 14 15 16, The main concern comes from something researchers call cognitive transfer. The idea that skills and mental habits formed in one environment, will seep into the other parts of life without you even noticing.But [snorts] I wouldn’t do that. I have good self-control. Thing is you can’t control it and I can prove it with planes. See,most of the time on the news, and in common media we see plane, crashes and accidents, all the time, making the fear of flying one of the most common phobias in the world.When in reality you were 115,000, times more likely to die from a car accident than a plane crash. But when someone asks to go for a drive, you barely bat an eye. This just shows that what we consume actually shapes our way of thinking,>> [music] >> which could in fact mean that playing Minecraft, could merit some effects. Whenever you solve an issue or problem in the game,

not bat an eye / eyelid, [informal] to not seem to be shocked, surprised, or embarrassed
眼睛/眼皮都不眨一下; 泰然不动，面不改色:
They started talking about sex, but she didn’t bat an eyelid.
他们说起了男女之间的事，可她若无其事，连眼睛都不眨一下。

~ (doing) sth(formal) to do sth to deserve praise, attention, etc. 应得；值得 SYN deserve
He claims that their success was not merited.
他声称他们不应该获得成功。
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The case does not merit further investigation.
这个案子不值得进一步调查。

that could actually produce positive effects, meaning you’re not getting dumber by playing your favorite game,but maybe you’re getting smarter.

dumbe: (informal, especially NAmE) stupid 愚蠢的；傻的；笨的

That was a pretty dumb thing to do.
做那样的事太愚蠢了。
If the police question you, act dumb (= pretend you do not know anything).
如果警察盘问，你就装傻。
In her early movies she played a dumb blonde.
在她早期的电影中，她扮演傻乎乎的金发女郎。

And that’s not all.Behavioral neuroscience, experts ran some experiments, and found that the people that play Minecraft and explored [music], the terrain freely, or built things with some form of instructions, actually became measurably better at storing high-resolution, and detail-rich, memories [music] and even helping with spatial intelligence.So then it’s clear, right?Minecraft doesn’t make you dumber,but in fact it could actually be making you smarter.But then why do the people who play it the most appear to be so, well,dumb?There’s a good reason for this.Think about when you’re getting diamonds.After a full set of tools, you don’t really need them anymore.The value they bring is no longer, worth the time to actually go, and mine for them.Your brain grows in a pretty similar way.That’s great.So then how do we maximize the growth?Well,

if we compare the average person learning throughout life, versus let’s say a complete Minecraft sweat,eventually the average person will be better off because, there’s more to life than there is to Minecraft,right?Well, data says the crossover point gets a little weird.This game has many different niches and to actually maximize, the amount of intellect gained from it,you would have to switch between each differing section, and mini games to actually get a better result.The brain is like any other muscle.It gets used to certain levels and then asks for something stronger.So you may start with something pretty brain-dead like PvP, and then move on to exploration,[music] maybe building and escape rooms and redstone.Either way,there’s a lot of mental development that could occur, throughout the play-through of this game.Someone who actively explores the world,builds mental maps >> [music] >> and navigates the world with landmarks,that causes hippocampal growth.

Someone who just follows the same routes and uses autopilot habits, just grows the habit reward system,essentially just becoming a chud.The Minecraft addicts and sweats aren’t dumb because of the game.They’re dumb because their brains mastered one environment and never left.You can only get dumber if you never try to improve, and leave that habitual [music] state.So even if it’s uncomfortable, getting onto that plane knowing the growth it can bring and chasing it, is what actually makes you a more intelligent, person.

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