研究人員稱，電子遊戲有益於孩子的大腦
Scientists say certain computer games can boost children's reasoning and problem-solving skills, improving their grades at school in a matter of weeks.
科學家稱，適當的電子遊戲可以提高孩子的推理和解決問題能力，幾天內提高他們在學校的學習成績。
No, "Super Mario" does not qualify.
不，《超級瑪麗》並不合格。
However, the London Daily Mail reports the folks at Nintendo are promoting games that stimulate the mind and improve children's IQs. There are compelling reasons to do so, given the fresh research.
然而，倫敦每日郵報報道，任天堂公司的人員正在開發刺激思維和提高兒童IQ的遊戲。由於有新的研究表明，有令人信服的原因促使他們這樣做。
According to the newspaper, psychologists at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor tested 62 children with an average age of 8.
根據報道，安阿伯市密歇根大學的心理學家對62名平均年齡8歲的兒童進行了測試。
Half the kids played video games that tested their memories for 15 minutes a day. The games focused on their "working memory" -- the brain's ability to hold information while it solves a problem. The rest of the kids spent the same period testing their general knowledge and vocabulary.
一半孩子玩電子遊戲，每天花15分鐘測試他們的記憶力。這些遊戲集中於他們的“工作內存”——大腦在解決問題時處理信息的能力。剩餘的孩子用同樣的時間測試他們的基本知識和詞彙。
Even three months after the test, researchers found, the kids who played the computer games were doing better on tests of abstract reasoning and problem solving.
測試後三個月，研究人員發現，玩電子遊戲的孩子在進行推理和問題解決的測試時表現得更好。
"The current findings add to the literature demonstrating that brain training works, and that transfer effects may even persist over time," lead researcher Susanne Jaeggi tells the Mail.
“目前的調查結果增加文獻論證證明大腦訓練起作用，而且這種訓練遷移效果隨着時間的流逝而保持下來。”主要研究人員Susanne Jaeggi告訴每日郵報。
But don't go out and buy your kid a new computer game just yet.
但是不要特地出去就爲你的孩子買一個電子遊戲。
The Daily Mail adds a study two years ago at Stirling University in Scotland found some kids didn't benefit at all from using the games while others shot from the bottom to the top of their classes.
每日郵報還報道了兩年前蘇格蘭斯特靈大學的一項研究，表明一些孩子完全沒有從電子遊戲中受益，還有些孩子整節課都在玩遊戲。
