Benefits of Playing Poker For Children
Poker is Good For You
by David Sklansky & Alan N. Schoonmaker, Ph.D.Two Plus Two Internet Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 9
POKER IS A GREAT TEACHER.
Research clearly proves that people tend to repeat rewarded actions and to discontinue punished ones. Poker teaches by rewarding desirable actions such as thinking logically and understanding other people and by punishing undesirable ones such as ignoring the odds and acting impulsively.2 Other learning principles also apply to poker.
Lessons Learned In One Situation
Often Generalize To Other Situations.
If poker's lessons applied only to how to play games, we would not have written this article. But its lessons apply to virtually every aspect of life. For example, if you are impatient or illogical or can't analyze risks and rewards, you will lose at poker, and you will make many mistakes in business and personal relationships. If poker teaches you how to control your emotions, you will be much more effective almost everywhere.
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