TIL that adults who played Pokémon video games extensively as children have a brain region that responds preferentially to images of each Pokémon. Stanford researchers identified the brain region activated by Pokémon characters.
https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2019/05/regular-pokemon-players-pikachu-brain
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Regular Pokémon players have Pikachu on the brain
Adults who played Pokémon videogames extensively as children have a brain region that responds preferentially to images of Pikachu and other characters from the series.news.stanford.edu
