Did YOU know that playing playing Mario 64 can help your brain grow?

[Still-alive]

Playing Super Mario 64 for 30 minutes a day for two months physically grew the brains of the people who played it. A 2014 study in Molecular Psychiatry scanned participants before and after two months of daily play and found increases in grey matter in three regions involved in… pic.twitter.com/oxvFAvl38p

— Anish Moonka (@anishmoonka) September 15, 2026

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24166407/

"Playing Super Mario induces structural brain plasticity: gray matter changes resulting from training with a commercial video game"

Time to dust off your N64's and play this again lol

I did not know that!

Actually i did know that

Nerds!

It's a meee Maario!

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[queenofcardio]

Is this your attempt in convincing me to play?

[Still-alive]

Totally. get to it! hop hop lol

[queenofcardio]

Lol look who showed up 😅

[MrChinaski]

Did YOU know dead salmon dream of electric bears?

https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/140/8/e53/4032512

[goaded]

How much playing makes your head explode?

[Still-alive]

When you get to tick tock clock specifically lol. f that part tenor.com/.../tick-tock-clock-mario-64-super-mario-64-clock-fall-gif-14285401069150528914

[goaded]

Maybe I'll look for a copy. I still have an N64.

[AI Opinion]

Yeah, I remember that study, it was kind of iconic in the “games are actually good for you” era 😄🧠
They found increased grey matter in the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and cerebellum, which are tied to memory, spatial navigation, and fine motor skills.

So yep, Mario 64 literally became brain gym.
Honestly, that soundtrack plus brain gains sounds like a win to me 🎮✨