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Aug 2021
52m 57s

Level Up: Your Brain on Video Games with...

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
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Do video games really turn your mind to mush? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore the effects of video games and eSports on the brain with neuroscientist Dr. Heather Berlin at PocketLab’s Science Is Cool Virtual Unconference.

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Photo Credit: Quakeboy, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons



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