video GAMES
GAMING IS GOOD FOR YOU!
Remember back in the good old days when ma and pa said something like,“ Don’ t waste your time playing those dang games!”
Well they’ d be wrong. You see playing video games is actually very good for you, in the right amounts of course. You don’ t want to stay up for 24 hours and exhaust yourself or worse. Playing has a number of benefits. For example, a study of laparoscopic( small incision) specialists with ongoing video game experience had superior laparoscopic skills and fewer errors. The Science Direct websitestated that this may be due to better psychomotor skills in gamers... If you like a good read and don’ t mind scientific terms, take a look at the article.
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Playing video games also teaches problem solving skills and creativity according to Parents website:
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Researchers from Deakin University in Melbourne, did a study that examined the development of 53 preschool aged children and found that those kids who played interactive games had“ better object control motor skills” then those who’ d didn’ t.
Another study by 2009 Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine found games could help with stress and depression. Physical pain too is something that has been studied with two psychologists, Dr David Patterson and Dr. Hunter Hoffman from the University of Washington dreaming up a game called Snow- World that puts the player in an alternate world and through that distraction, their focus on the physical pain was lessened. You can read about it here:
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While theres quite a few more benefits according to different studies, one important one is that games can keep you happy in old age. Researchers from North Carolina State University asked 140 people aged 63 and older how often they played games. The found that those people who played video games, even occasionally, reported higher levels of happiness or well-being- take a look here for more and then convince mum, dad, the grandparents to get playing and keep smiling!
psychcentral. com / news / 2013 / 03 / 06 / playing-video-games-tied-to-happiness-emotional-wellness-in-seniors / 52267. html