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1) Video games help you make decisions.
The Surprising Connection Between
Risk and reward helps you make the right decision.
Teenage video games players have brains like gambling addicts by:Tamara Cohen Daily mail November 15,2011
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"Playing video games is not unlike exercise that beefs up your brain's decison-making brawn"
The surprising Connection
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The Huffington Post says that "specific brain regions can be trained by means of video games."
Drew Guarini 11/7/2013
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Prefrontal cortex "The area of the brain thought to be involved in planning, risk and reward, and appropriate social behaviour" (dictionary.com)
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Video Games help you make decisions faster "because it allows us to efficiently figure out what sort of reaction best suits what's happening around us."
DiSalvo, David. "The Surprising Connection Between Video Games and a Thicker Brain". Forbes Magazine; 4/6/2014
Video games help strengthen the prefrontal cortex and therefore help people make decisions.
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2) Video games help hand eye coordination
Video Games Boost Visual Skills, Study Finds
By John Roach
for National Geographic News
May 28, 2003
By John Roach
for National Geographic News
May 28, 2003
Playing 2 hours a week can increase your fine motor skills.
Guarini, Drew. "9 Ways Video Games Can Actually Be Good For You" The Huffington Post 11/7/2013
"While older generations may see the hobby as a waste of time, research indicates that the “training” they received through video games may provide young surgeons with better skills and hand-eye coordination, particularly for robotic and minimally invasive surgeries." (Hampton, 2013)
Can Video Games Help Train Surgeons? By Tracy Hampton, PhD Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center correspondent - See more at: http://www.bidmc.org/YourHealth/Health-Notes/SurgicalInnovations/Advances/V...
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"People who play action video games can process visual information more quickly and can track 30 percent more objects than non video game players."
Video Games Boost Visual Skills, Study Finds
By John Roach
for National Geographic News
May 28, 2003
By John Roach
for National Geographic News
May 28, 2003
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Additionally, your eyes will have to determine what needs to be done next to progress in the game. Using these activities will improve your eyesight and help you notice and be aware of your surroundings when it may have been difficult in the past.
Playing video games require you to identify different buttons and other items as well, providing improvements on the “communication” between your hands and eyes.
Later you will play a game that tests video gamers and non video gamers ability to track more objects.
3) Video games help a person multitask or "juggle multiple variables, whether those variables have immediate or long-term implications".
9 Ways Video Games Can Actually Be Good For You
By Drew Guarini
The Huffington Post
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The Surprisign Connection Between Playing Video Games and a Thicker Brain
By Drew Guarini
The Huffington Post
Interent source p.5
The Surprisign Connection Between Playing Video Games and a Thicker Brain
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In our classroom, we tested the ability of gamers and non-gamers to pay attention to many things at once. The gamers scored 84% and the non-gamers scored 53%.
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4) Videogames decrease distractability.
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"Frequent video game playing and improvement in cognitive functions."
Playing Video Games Could Actually CHange Your Brain- But Not in a Bad Way
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Studies show that "players who spend about 12 hours a week devoted to an action game (not in one sitting) can quickly develop these real-world skills."
Playing Video Games Could Actually Change Your Brain-But Not in a Bad Way
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Video games help you focus on something even when there's a bunch of other things going on. Or there is conflict with what you have to pay attention to.
Daphne Bavelier TED Talk
