In a recent study from UC Berkeley, scientists revealed significant physical differences in the brain development of children from different socio-economic backgrounds. EEG scans taken of childrens brains while performing a task drawing heavily upon the prefrontal cortex-- the area of the brain where logic and reasoning tasks are carried out-- showed that kids from higher socioeconomic backgrounds show more developed cognitive activity in the prefrontal lobe, while kids from lower socioeconomic levels show brain physiology patterns similar to adults who have had a stroke.
The good news is that the poor kids haven't suffered brain damage; they simply haven't received the same mental stimulation as their wealthier peers. To combat poor brain development at an early age, neuroscientists are creating video games that specifically develop prefrontal cortex functions in school age kids.
I have to admit, I'm curious what kind of games will result from this effort. My generation had The (original) Oregon Trail and Carmen San Diego. Are these games no good? Admittedly, we spent most of our time naming our pioneer families after people we didn't like and trying to kill them off with cholera or trying to shoot 5,000 pounds of meat when we could only bring 500 pounds back with us, but we learned something. Right? While companies like LeapFrog have long been in the good-for-you gaming market, these new games are novel in that they target a specific region of the brain, and they are being developed with the goal of closing the cognitive development, and socioeconomic, gaps.
最近在加州大学伯克利分校的一项研究中，科学家发现不同社会经济背景的儿童大脑发育存在显著的差异。脑电图扫描采取的儿童的大脑在执行任务时利用大量的额叶皮质（大脑中进行逻辑和推理的区域）。研究表明具有较高社会经济背景的儿童在额叶中表现出较为发达的认知活动，而社会经济水平较低的儿童的脑生理学模式则类似患有脑溢血的成年人。
好消息是，贫穷的儿童并没有受到脑损伤，他们只是没有得到和他们富裕的同龄人相同的精神刺激。为了在早期与穷人的大脑发育斗争，神经学家正在发明为学龄儿童专门定制的的电脑游戏，以促进他们的额叶皮层发育。
我必须承认，我很好奇他们将会做出什么样的游戏。我们这一代拥有原版的俄勒冈州的开拓者和卡门圣地亚哥。这些游戏不好吗？诚然，我们把大部分的时间花费在用不喜欢的人名为开拓者家庭命名然后试图用霍乱杀死他们，或者试图射杀5000磅的食物而自己只能带回500磅。但我们的确学到了一些东西，对不对？当像LeapFrog 这样的公司已经长期存在与"为你好"的游戏市场中，这些新游戏还只是科幻小说。因为他们针对大脑的特定区域，并致力于缩小认知发展和社会经济的差距。
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The good news is that the poor kids haven't suffered brain damage; they simply haven't received the same mental stimulation as their wealthier peers. To combat poor brain development at an early age, neuroscientists are creating video games that specifically develop prefrontal cortex functions in school age kids.
I have to admit, I'm curious what kind of games will result from this effort. My generation had The (original) Oregon Trail and Carmen San Diego. Are these games no good? Admittedly, we spent most of our time naming our pioneer families after people we didn't like and trying to kill them off with cholera or trying to shoot 5,000 pounds of meat when we could only bring 500 pounds back with us, but we learned something. Right? While companies like LeapFrog have long been in the good-for-you gaming market, these new games are novel in that they target a specific region of the brain, and they are being developed with the goal of closing the cognitive development, and socioeconomic, gaps.
最近在加州大学伯克利分校的一项研究中，科学家发现不同社会经济背景的儿童大脑发育存在显著的差异。脑电图扫描采取的儿童的大脑在执行任务时利用大量的额叶皮质（大脑中进行逻辑和推理的区域）。研究表明具有较高社会经济背景的儿童在额叶中表现出较为发达的认知活动，而社会经济水平较低的儿童的脑生理学模式则类似患有脑溢血的成年人。
好消息是，贫穷的儿童并没有受到脑损伤，他们只是没有得到和他们富裕的同龄人相同的精神刺激。为了在早期与穷人的大脑发育斗争，神经学家正在发明为学龄儿童专门定制的的电脑游戏，以促进他们的额叶皮层发育。
我必须承认，我很好奇他们将会做出什么样的游戏。我们这一代拥有原版的俄勒冈州的开拓者和卡门圣地亚哥。这些游戏不好吗？诚然，我们把大部分的时间花费在用不喜欢的人名为开拓者家庭命名然后试图用霍乱杀死他们，或者试图射杀5000磅的食物而自己只能带回500磅。但我们的确学到了一些东西，对不对？当像LeapFrog 这样的公司已经长期存在与"为你好"的游戏市场中，这些新游戏还只是科幻小说。因为他们针对大脑的特定区域，并致力于缩小认知发展和社会经济的差距。
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