Paul Howard-Jones

The Educators by BBC

Sep 10, 201427:57Education

Most parents will have witnessed the magnetic effect of computer games on children. The combination of skill, memory and risk, leading to an eventual prize, can engage people of any age for hours at a time. Paul Howard-J...

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