Benefits of gaming!?

I found the following article with a simple building block search through the PROJECT MUSE database. It provides librarians with the needed data to justify what we already knew... gaming does not automatically produce brain-dead kids, but can enhance skills needed for success in different fields.


The Future of Children
Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 2008[Version Español] -->
pp. 63-85
E-ISSN: 1550-1558 Print ISSN: 1054-8289
DOI: 10.1353/foc.0.0004
Media and Attention, Cognition, and School Achievement
Marie Evans Schmidt and Elizabeth A. Vandewater



From this search, I tried a successive fraction on LibLit (I LOVE this database for LSIS research!) and ended up with this other article, again, worth reading. If you can't see the image, here is pertinent data:

Title:
Gaming Unplugged
Personal Author:
King, Kevin A. R.
Journal Name:
Voice of Youth Advocates
Source:
Voice of Youth Advocates v. 29 no. 6 (February 2007) p. 510-11
Publication Year:
2007
Subject(s):
Young adults' library services/Michigan; Young adults' library services/Activity projects; Games; Kalamazoo Public Library