Children gamers smarter peers

The public are still arguing about the dangers of video games, and scientists, meanwhile, publishes more and more studies on their use. The most recent such study found that children with gamers smarter than their peers who are not addicted to video games, according to The Sun.

York University (Canada) studies have demonstrated that some video games can be regarded as a kind of analog IQ-test - a good performance in these games is usually correlated with high intelligence.

is particularly well suited for this measurement MOBA-games: a high level of play in Dota 2 and League of Legends has coincided with high IQ is not only among children but also among adults.

But the first-person shooters allow only measure the intelligence of children - age correlation between the level of the game shooters and high IQ is lost, but younger gamers are usually smarter than their peers.

The researchers noted that the MOBA-games have a strategic component that allows players to keep track of IQ at any age - in a similar way to high intelligence usually indicates the ability to play chess well.