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Older adults who participated in 20 one-hour video game training sessions with the program lumosity showed reduction in their:

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The answer is: Distraction

According to various studies, one hour of video game training session a day Could actually Increase our Brain's Ability to Focus and ignore distractions.

On top of that, gaming could also improve our visual selective attention. This improvement would make us better in separating relevant and irrelevant information from a pile of raw data.

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Selective attention is the process of focusing on a particular object in the environment for a certain period of time. Attention is a limited resource, so selective attention allows us to tune out unimportant details and focus on what really matters.
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