Better for brain to '˜study classics than play video games'
A leading neuroscientist has claimed it would better for the brains of primary school children to study Latin and Ancient Greek than to play video games.
Baroness Susan Greenfield told the Edinburgh Festival of Politics yesterday that reading the Greek poet Homer would help improve attention spans and mental agility, whereas she is concerned that computer games were linked to behavioural problems such as impulsiveness and aggression.
The former Heriot-Watt University chancellor has attracted controversy in the past for asserting that excessive use of technology could be harming young people’s brains.