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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 16 Mar 2013

    I'd actually like to know what studies say this? "Multiple studies show that skills learned on-screen don’t always transfer to real life"

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      2. Kelly McGonigal‏ @kellymcgonigal 16 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame The only ones I know of are studies showing the cognitive benefits of brain training games do not generalize (for adults).

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 16 Mar 2013
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        @kellymcgonigal totally true! But this author is snarking on music games which have tons of positive studies and no negative to my knowledge

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      4. Kelly McGonigal‏ @kellymcgonigal 16 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame Yes well I decided not read the article after reading the headline! Sounded like an agenda-driven, not evidence-driven, article.

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      2. Mau Sadicoff‏ @tatonka 16 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame yeah, no one learns from screens. Because pilots don't ever learn to fly airplanes by using flight simulators.

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      1. Barry Fishman‏ @BarryFishman 17 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame All kinds of skills learned in one context don’t translate to “real life.” The NYT article is a rant full of straw-men arguments!

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      1. Rowan Kaiser‏ @RowanKaiser 16 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame "always" is the critical word there, I think

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      1. jessica millstone‏ @j_millstone 17 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame Getting info abt transfer of knowledge is needed, not complete at all. It would have been exciting for her to be seeking it out.

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      1. eduwatch2‏ @eduwatch2 17 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame but other than that, I don't know any such study.

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      1. eduwatch2‏ @eduwatch2 17 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame There was some study that tested how "brain-training" games translated to similar "Real life" cognitive tasks. - They did not.

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      1. Build a World‏ @gobuildaworld 17 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame you don't need studies. You just try it yourself. Dora on ANY screen teaches my daughter (2) adjectives.pic.twitter.com/F3QiuiYk6j

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      1. Jeff Peterson‏ @bdjeffyp 17 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame "multiple studies" + no citations = made-up BS!

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      1. Alice Keeler‏ @alicekeeler 16 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame I love the "don't always" that is the vaguest statement ever. Eating food does not always fill you up. What meaningless statement

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      1. Tony Fisk‏ @arfisk 16 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame Studies involving a navel?

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      1. Matt Johnston‏ @cimota 16 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame They probably mean playing as Solid Snake didn’t turn subjects into Ninja Assassin Commandos.

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      1. Cathartic Cacophony‏ @Coyotegrey 16 Mar 2013
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        @avantgame seconded.

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