Building gunpla makes you smarter
From the Anime! Anime! News; That's right, Professor Shinohara of Tokyo University of Science, Suwa conducted a research where he compared people's brainwaves of before and after building gunpla. The research concluded that building gunpla improves memory, concentration, and calculation skills due to brain being more active. The study also compared the results of people reading a book vs building gunpla where people who built gunpla had better results.
This research will be on display at Bandai's booth during the 2005 Plamodel and Radiocon Show.
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