critical thinking

Critical thinking is a broad term that covers many cognitive skills. Your frontal cortex is responsible for the brain’s executive control function, which is associated with the prefrontal cortex. The prefrontal cortex is the Commander-in-Chief of your brain. It controls your ability to plan, take action, problem solve and (hopefully) learn from and correct your mistakes. It’s what enables you to evaluate situations, formulate strategy and achieve detailed objectives.

Critical thinking consists of:

• Analyzing information
• Using logic
• Synthesizing information
• Solving problems
• Planning for possible outcome
• Developing strategy

How can playing strategy games improve your critical thinking skills? Through the use of strategic games, players engage logic, planning and problem solving skills to create strategies for winning. Repetition of game components not only improves your playing skills, it also strengthens neural pathways that build better cognitive abilities. Studies over the past few decades have shown that the incorporation of strategy games in the classroom like chess improve student’s math and logic skills.

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