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Why Dumb Toys Make Kids Smarter

We didn’t want our son to have Pokémon cards—until they began turning him into a human computer. NurtureShock author Po Bronson on games that increase children’s brain power 100-fold.

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We didn’t want our son to have Pokémon cards—until they began turning him into a human computer. NurtureShock author and Newsweek blogger Po Bronson on games that increase children’s brain power 100-fold.

This is a story about the science of kids’ brains.

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