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[InsightBlog]: Half an hour a day on Nintendo improves maths skills, a Scottish study shows
For the first time, a Scottish study on the use of computer at school has found statistical evidence that playing a Nintendo brain training game improves maths skills of pupils. After a nine-week period of observations using Nintendo’s Dr Kawashima brain training game for half-an-hour a day, kids showed improved maths accuracy and speed. An improvement in interpersonal relationships between peers has been noticed as well.
Go on reading the feature on the Insight blog (http://blog.eun.org/insightblog/2008/10/games_in_schools_half_an_hour.html).

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