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Madden 09: Playing Madden makes you smarter

By Jon Robinson

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Study shows Madden players have higher football IQ than non-gamers. I always told my mom that playing video games made me smarter. Now I finally have the proof. EA Sports teamed with the Warsaw Sports Marketing Group at the University of Oregon to survey 15,000 NFL fans, and the results concluded that those fans who were avid Madden gamers were actually 60% more knowledgeable about the sport than non-gamers. "We've had a core belief that people who play the game are smarter ab ...

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