Name: 7 ways video games engage the brain
Uploaded: 2019-01-21T10:59:55.000Z
Duration: 16 min 29 s
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Adverbs of degree

in terms of imagination, in terms of technology,

like really nothing else we've ever invented

And I think that we can learn some pretty amazing things

And in particular, I think we can learn things

it's worth 50 billion dollars globally today,

it's estimated it'll be worth over 80 billion dollars.

That's about three times the recorded music industry.

but I don't think it's the most telling statistic of all.

This is a screenshot from the virtual game world, Entropia Universe.

the game Farmville that you may well have heard of,

this very intense generation of value, is occurring.

Now if we look at what's going on in someone's head

two quite different processes are occurring.

On the one hand, there's the wanting processes.

This is a bit like ambition and drive -- I'm going to do that. I'm going to work hard.

On the other hand, there's the liking processes,

and an enormous flying beast with an orc on the back.

It's a really great image. It's pretty cool.

It's from the game World of Warcraft with more than 10 million players globally,

one of whom is me, another of whom is my wife.

this vast flying beast you can ride around,

at doing both the wanting and the liking.

Because it's very powerful. It's pretty awesome.

Your ambition is satisfied, but it's very beautiful.

It's a very great pleasure to fly around.

But this isn't the really interesting stuff.

The really interesting stuff about virtuality

Because what you can measure in virtuality

Every single thing that every single person

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7 ways video games engage the brain

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intense

incredibly

sophisticated