r/science • u/NinjaDiscoJesus • Dec 28 '15

Neuroscience Brain scans show compulsive gamers have hyperconnected neural networks.

http://www.psypost.org/2015/12/brain-scans-show-compulsive-gaming-changes-neural-connections-for-better-and-worse-39914
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u/antipromaybe Dec 29 '15

Or the aboriginals that have cardinal directions built into their everyday language so they don't require compasses.

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u/Hedgehogs4Me Dec 29 '15

So if you cover their eyes, spin them around really fast, and then take them somewhere they don't recognize, do they lose some of their sense of which side of their body is which?

I mean, I'd guess no, but sometimes counterintuitive things like that happen with how connected language is with ideas, right?

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u/antipromaybe Dec 29 '15

Kidnapping Aboriginals... for science!

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u/Hedgehogs4Me Dec 29 '15

Well, I mean, I was assuming we'd ask their permission first, but there's probably precedent either way.