Playing ‘Pokémon’ As A Kid May Have Rewired Your Brain
The findings support theories that early childhood exposure is necessary for developing dedicated brain regions, and that from an early age, our brains change in response to experiential learning. Because the fold activated by characters like Pikachu, Wobbuffet and Bulbasaur is the same fold that responds to images of animals, the researchers also believe there’s some kind of underlying constraints hardwired into the brain that determine how those changes happen. Now, as you watch the long-awaited Detective Pickachu movie coming out later this week, you might wonder if you have a dedicated brain fold actively identifying the characters.
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