Pokémon Aficionados Help Scientists Prove Practice Makes Perfect

Sarah Benton Feitlinger
2017-02-06T10:58:15-08:00

Avid Pokémon video and card game fans were recently called upon to use their expertise for an unusual task – to help scientists understand the inner workings of the brain. Specifically, Weiwei Zhang, an assistant professor at the University of California, Riverside, wanted to learn the connection between the short-term — or working memory — and long-term memory.