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Your brain, plus powerful magnets, plus math, equals your potential videogame success. Researchers at the University of Illinois say that they can accurately predict whether a person will be good or bad at videogames by looking at scans of their brain. The researchers were investigating the idea that some people who had more natural ability in certain complex tasks would have subtly different brain structures than others. The study called for subjects with very little experience playing video games. These subjects underwent an MRI scan before playing a videogame called Space Fortress – pictured above – which had been developed […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/42/42753.jpg