'Nintendo Brain Games Are Good For Pupils'

Primary-age pupils in half of the schools taking part in the study were given a Nintendo DS with Dr Kawashima's Brain Training game - while pupils at the other schools did not use the game. The trial found that the children who played the Nintendo for 20 minutes every morning for nine weeks improved their score on a 100-question mental arithmetic test by 50%. They also significantly improved the time it took for them to complete the test, with the benefits particularly noticeable among the lowest-achieving children.
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