Daphne Bavelier Quotes

Some people say video games rot your brain, but I think they work different muscles that maybe you don't normally use.

We have a large amount of data that shows playing fast-paced games improves hand-eye co-ordination, the ability to focus on the task at hand, and your ability to make decisions, as gaming improves your brain's allocation of resources.

I do have a blurred memory of sitting on the stairs and trying over and over again to tie one of my shoelaces, but that is all that comes back to me of school itself.

How can you think and hit at the same time?

Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.

Your brain, like your tongue, is a muscle. Practicing thinking by yourself really helps develop your brain, which you need throughout your day. I like to practice my thinking in a darkened room, alone.

My brother and I have always had this theory that, as stupid as it sounds, in video games, there is a certain hand-eye coordination and a thought process that you can learn.

Every boy learns more in his hours of play than in his hours of labor. In school, he lays in the materials of thinking, but in his sports, he actually thinks: he whets his faculties, and he opens his eyes.

In order to sharpen its prediction skills, our brains constantly build models, or 'templates,' of the world. The better the template, the better the performance. And now we know playing action video game actually fosters better templates.

I have to constantly work on my reflexes and hand-eye coordination. I do a lot of puzzles. I play chess.

Kids have a tendency to switch off if their parents are multitasking.

Reading aloud and talking about what we're reading sharpens children's brains. It helps develop their ability to concentrate at length, to solve problems logically, and to express themselves more easily and clearly.

Humans have two kinds of abilities: physical and cognitive.

I think a lot of people fail to work on their sight, even though it's probably one of the most important sides to tennis. It's also about reactions and concentration and focus, and I think it's all very closely related.

Hand-eye coordination and reflexes is something I work on more than anything.

I have a very short attention span, so sitting down with a book is very difficult for me.

I multitask and always have the TV on in the background. If I need to focus, I generally have to turn off the TV.

My theory is that the female brain is predominantly hard-wired for empathy, and that the male brain is predominantly hard-wired for understanding and building systems.

I like confusing people and challenging myself.

Men don't pay attention to small things.

I've been blessed with great hand-eye coordination.

When people play action games, they're changing the brain's pathway responsible for visual processing. These games push the human visual system to the limits, and the brain adapts to it.

I have a very short attention span, which is funny. I mean, you'd watch me and think that I don't, but I actually do.

Education is the best way to relieve someone from a bad thought process.

Free-flow play is not compulsory, but there is a belief across lots of nurseries that it is. I have seen too many chaotic settings, where children are running around. There's no sense of purpose.