Researchers from the Ruhr-University Bochum, in Germany, recently uncovered that video games might be helping kids to become better learners.
Specifically, they say that video games might help them to learn faster and boost their brain activity by enabling them to better analyze situations, to generate new knowledge, and to categorize facts.
The study involved only 17 students who played video games for roughly 15 hours in one week and 17 children who rarely spent any time during the week playing video games. The two groups of children were asked to complete a learning task.
Researchers say that their results indicate that for the kids who spent more time gaming, that they performed better than those who spent less time gaming.
The results from their study have been published in the journal Behavioral Brain Research.
And their research adds to previous study in this area that has also suggested that playing video games might offer some benefit in the way of boosting brain power and helping to improve things like visuospatial and attention skills, and more. But despite the variety of possible benefits that can be reaped from time spent playing, there have also been studies suggesting that excessive video game playing can negatively impact brain health as well; depending on how a person plays.
For those who think that there is no good that can come from playing video games however, they might be surprise to learn the truth.
Multiple benefits are suggested to be linked to game-playing, researchers say that games might help to improve things like reading skills, possibly even help to reduce pain, limit trauma, improve concentration, and more.
When it comes to the possibility of video games being linked to changes in the hippocampus, which is the region of the brain that is believed to play a key role in learning and memory, the researchers from the recent study in Germany say that perhaps one day video games might provide a useful tool for them to try and combat memory loss and a decline in memory performance for people who need help.
Pics:
Pixabay
The information that is posted above is not intended or implied to ever be used as any substitute for professional medical advice, or diagnosis or treatment. The above is posted for informational purposes only.
Sources:
https://www.studyfinds.org/study-video-gamers-are-faster-learners-have-stronger-brains/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016643281730390X?via%3Dihub
https://qz.com/1050472/video-games-can-either-grow-or-shrink-part-of-your-brain-depending-on-how-you-play/
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/10/05/kids-video-games-fast-learners/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170622103824.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/08/07/playing-shooter-video-games-damages-brain-study-suggests/
https://www.sciencealert.com/6-scientific-benefits-of-playing-videogames
https://www.engadget.com/2017/02/09/8-cognitive-benefits-of-playing-video-games-for-kids/
Related Posts:
Playing Video Games Might Improve Academic Success New Study Suggests
Brain Training Games Might Not Be Any Better Than Video Games For Improving The Mind Suggests New Study
The Rise Of The Virtual Reality Arcade
https://steemit.com/gaming/@doitvoluntarily/the-rise-of-the-virtual-reality-arcade