15 minutes of cardio improves video game performance: study (via CNBCMakeIt)
and decision-making speed, Marc Roig, study author and professor at McGill University, tells CNBC Make It in an email.
At the same time, it improves "executive function," which is "the cognitive capacity that allows us to make accurate decisions rapidly, focusing on information which is relevant and filtering redundant information," Roig says. "Since these are the type of cognitive processes that most video games demand, it was not that surprising that this type of exercise improved video game performance.
More research needs to be done to determine how physical activity could help with other types of video games that require different skills or involve different tasks. But the findings from this new study are significant because they suggest that "exercise and video games do not need to be seen as antagonistic activities," Roig says.
Video game use as been associated with low levels of physical activity and increased screen use. "It's precisely this group of people, the non-exercisers, the ones we should be most concerned about," Roig says. In the United States, 72% of men and 49% of women ages 18 to 29 play video games, according to a 2018
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