Video Games Will Make Us Smarter A Debate /

Do video games make players smarter? As these games grow in popularity, some game creators are tackling global issues, such as poverty, climate change, and international diplomacy. Playing these socially and politically oriented games, they argue, allows users to build tangible skills in handling cr...

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Other Authors: Infobase,, Intelligence² (U.S.)
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Intelligence Squared US, [2017]
Distributed by Infobase,
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 35 min., 59 sec)) : sound, color.
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Table of Contents:
  • "Debate Housekeeping" (5:53);
  • Opening Statement For: Asi Burak (6:38);
  • Opening Statement Against: Elias Aboujaoude (6:54);
  • Opening Statement For: Daphne Bavelier (6:20);
  • Opening Statement Against: Walter Boot (6:07);
  • Audience Poll and Summary (3:48);
  • Clinical Efficacy (2:28);
  • Games Teach About the Real World? (5:44);
  • Transferable Skills (3:37);
  • Gaming and Learning (4:27);
  • Technological Cycle (4:51);
  • Technology and Education (4:33);
  • Q/A: Reactive vs. Proactive Learning (5:09);
  • Q/A: Unemployment and Gaming (1:57);
  • Q/A: Artistic Experience in Gaming (2:33);
  • Q/A: Is Cognitive Development a Zero-Sum Quantity? (3:50);
  • Q/A: Engagement and Information Retention (5:01);
  • Closing Statement For: Bavelier (2:28);
  • Closing Statement Against: Boot (2:13);
  • Closing Statement For: Burak (2:24);
  • Closing Statement Against: Aboujaoude (2:39);
  • Time to Vote (5:06);
  • Results of Audience Vote (1:04);
  • Credits: Video Games Will Make Us Smarter (0:04);