Poker Brain
Poker has long been regarded as the thinking player’s game, and now those thinking players can think about how they are thinking! Enjoy reflecting on how your brain is working the next time you play a round of your favourite game. The brain maps show increased activity in the front right side of the brain for the amateur (an area associated with emotion), but an increase in both sides of the brain for the expert (associated with solving mathematical problems). A key phase of the game when the fifth card is dealt, face up.