{"id":249294,"date":"2010-01-29T00:11:12","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T05:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/video-game-prowess-is-all-in-your-head\/14016\/"},"modified":"2010-01-29T00:11:12","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T05:11:12","slug":"video-game-prowess-is-all-in-your-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/249294","title":{"rendered":"Video game prowess is all in your head"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/space-fortress-game.jpg\" alt=\"Schematic diagram of the Space Fortress video game seen by the participants (Image: Rensse...\"><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re the kind of person that seems to struggle every time you pick up a gaming controller you might need to blame your brain &#8211; which probably isn&#8217;t much of a consolation. 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