Talk:Game brain

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Ugh. Have re-written the word-for-word japanese-to-english translaton to something resembling normal english grammar. Haven't checked out the accuracy of any of it, and haven't even given a thought to the notability of this whole article. Not even sure about the GTA/Australia banning thing. Oh well. Tez 14:15, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Dear Tez, thank you so much that you fixed grammers of my sentance and you added the fact about GTA in Australia... Yes, my tranceration is done with helps of computer Japanese-to-English translation service... I think Japanese people have to make an appeal how Japanese mass-media and politic influenced by a pseudoscience. "Game nou" is a phenomenon to be recorded to an encyclopedia to understand frictions among Japanese young culture and elderly persons today. Thanks. Kotoba Mamoru 16:42, 18 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, I'm glad I could help. But this article is still in need of some work.  What it probably needs is some links to japanese news sites showing us how this idea is portrayed in Japan.  It would be nice if they had english versions their article, but I'm not sure how much japanese media is translated to english
 * Basically, the article only tells us how this idea is breaking into popular culture. Some linked examples would really help.  Possibly, we could start structuring the article in to 2 or 3 parts (intro, concept, media examples) if more sources were found. Tez 09:23, 22 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, I answer in short temporary.(It is a mid-night in Japan now.) In Japan, it is said that "Game nou is said only in Japan!". I know that you added about restriction of GTA in Australia for this article. But Japanese game fan and a psycologist that writes columns in "Game-Labo"(the game feek magazine) said that "Game nou is a fraud". Do they know GTA is also limited in Australia? Maybe no. I am interested in overseas speech for similer theories. Akio Mori is sometimes criticized by the people about his strange speech like "The Soviet Union made Tetris for the homicide training." and "Dead train driver of Amagasaki rail crash had Game nou at the crash." However, his book is best-selling among Japanese. I will answer your request next time. Thanks. Kotoba Mamoru 17:06, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Merger proposal
It seems "Game Brain" is the only noteworthy topic about Akio Mori, at least outside Japan. It would be very easy to edit those contents as a small biographical entry to this article, whereas the Mori article itself is unlikely to expand anytime soon: it refers to a single source, and based on it any future additions would be related to Game Brain, anyway. I see no reason to keep additional stubs hanging around, when we could put all relevant information into a single entry. Additional question: are either of the articles noteworthy, anyway (deletion proposal is one possibility)?

I'll carry out the merger myself, unless anyone objects before the end of the week. - aeris  talk  00:16, 25 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I am the creater of the page Akio Mori. I think that "Game Brain" should merge to "Akio Mori" because the article "Game Brain" is only written about "the claims by Akio Mori and the controversies about him." WP:ACADEMIC says that the "academic/professor" is notable if "The person's research has made significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed, as demonstrated by independent reliable sources."


 * The term "Game Brain" itself was his term when he published The Fear of Game Brain (ゲーム脳の恐怖) (2002). He continued to publish the books about brains in Japan such as IT ni Korosareru Kodomo Tachi: Manen Suru Game Nō (2004) and "Nōryoku" Teika Shakai: IT to Game wa Kodomo ni Nani o Motarasuka (2007). However, "Game Brain" is not an academic term about his claims.--ACSE (talk) 11:48, 25 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Bibliography already helps a lot. Where our problem is, Mori is only known in the Western world through minor publicity related to Game Brain and the Sasebo slashing. I presume none of his books are translated into English, either, so he is non-existent to english-speaking populace apart from the event, unless we have Western sources citing something else about him.


 * I do agree an adverse merging to the actual person instead of a minor event makes more sense, if the notability of the person rises above the event itself. I updated the merge templates to be non-directional until my original suggested deadline has passed.


 * Are you able to expand the Mori article further related to his research? We are looking at any headlines in major newspapers, any public debate he has created, and most of all if any laws, procedures, social norms etc. have changed based on his initiative. Has he been awarded any prizes in Japan? Perhaps a picture of him? I don't object to any direction of the merge, I just feel merging and cleaning up the articles is in order. - aeris  talk  15:05, 25 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I expanded the article of Akio Mori, adding important information about his activities.--ACSE (talk) 14:40, 30 May 2010 (UTC)


 * The merger is not necessary and the article has expanded to meet the criteria under WP:GNG/WP:N. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 13:26, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Weasel Words
I just removed the following sentences from the lead of the "summary" section: It's pretty clear that these unsourced sentences are designed to undermine Mori's theories on the basis that he lacks the credentials to make neuroscience claims. If these facts have been used by reliable sources as part of the criticism of Mori's theories then they should be sourced and placed in the "criticism" section. They should not be used as blatant rhetoric in an article that claims to be neutral. -Thibbs (talk) 12:02, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
 * "Mori is neither a neuroscientist nor a psychologist. He is a PhD physiologist and his thesis concerns muscle."

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Hello, After reading this article I realized that this article only explains the negative aspects of video games. I think that by adding positive effects of the use of video games could help improve this article. I also think that the article could go more into depth when explaining about the arguments against video games being detrimental to the brain. Caher80 (talk) 00:17, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
 * That sounds like a good idea provided that the positive effects you are intending to add to the article are drawn from either professor Mori's writings or from reliable secondary sources covering Mori's "Game Brain" concept, and that the positive effects are added in a manner that is due. We should keep in mind that Wikipedia articles aren't intended to be a place for us to "set the record straight" per se, but rather to report what others have said about the topic of the article—in this case what others have said specifically about Akio Mori's concept of "Game Brain". -Thibbs (talk) 03:14, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

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