‘Minecraft’ Does Good Things for Your Brain

Exploring and building in a virtual world develops memory and spatial awareness

Jeremy Sutton, PhD
Elemental
Published in
5 min readMar 2, 2020

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SStanding between us and the castle was a red knight with a sword. He appeared angry — inasmuch as a heavily pixelated figure can show emotion — and was headed in our direction. I turned to my daughter and suggested we take a different, less confrontational…

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Jeremy Sutton, PhD
Elemental

Positive & performance psychologist, University of Liverpool lecturer, Owner/Coach FlourishingMinds.xyz