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Sometimes the whole experience of being in museum is a multitask.

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On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Charles Carlson <[log in to unmask]
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> Perhaps task performance,  multitasking and distractions, like this video
> game paradigm, are an important component of a successful, brain training
> museum experience--learning.  An interesting  article.  Maybe, it why some
> people prefer hanging in coffee bistros for studying.
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> C
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> From The New York Times:
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> A Multitasking Video Game Makes Old Brains Act Younger
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> Using a video game for training, researchers gave older people more
> youthful cognitive thinking, according to a study published in Nature.
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> http://nyti.ms/17uoWQ1
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