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# Studies show playing games makes kids more creative.
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/studies-show-playing-games-makes-kids-more-creative/
- Published: 2012-02-03T16:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T15:26:44.000Z
- Description: A recent study by Linda Jackson says that gaming is actually positively linked to creativity. A study of nearly 500 12-year-olds found that the more kids played video games, the more creative they were in tasks such as drawing pictures and writing stories. So go buy your kid sister Scribblenauts, ok
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

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A recent study by Linda Jackson says that gaming is actually positively linked to creativity.

> A study of nearly 500 12-year-olds found that the more kids played video games, the more creative they were in tasks such as drawing pictures and writing stories.

So go buy your kid sister *Scribblenauts,* ok*?*

*\-Josiah Harrist*

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