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Shute et al. (2015 Comput & Educ<\/em>)<\/a> compared undergraduate subjects who were randomly assigned to play either Valve\u2019s Portal 2 video game or Lumosity for eight hours. Those who had played Portal 2 showed significantly higher pre- vs. post-test gains on measures of problem solving, spatial skills and persistence than Lumosity players, who showed no significant gains on any of these measures (compared to Portal 2 players, who showed significant gains on the spatial tests).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo by Javier Mart\u00ednez<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Something to note about the study is that the sample size of 77 was fairly small and in the time frame of 8 hours, one complete a majority of the Portal 2 as opposed to Lumosity games. In addition, Lumosity claims that it works over a long period of time with its collection of minigames. It would be interesting to see future studies in this area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also the review<\/a> by Philippa Warr in Rock, Paper, Shotgun<\/em>, which mentions an educational application of Portal, Teach With Portals<\/a>, that aims to teach students physics and critical thinking skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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