I learned a great deal of information. I found all the following information to be intriguing and surprising to me. The average age of game is 33 years old. I found this fact o be very surprising. It was interesting to hear the argument that a video game with such a degree of violence could be so beneficial to the human behavior. It’s amazing to see the results that video games can actually increase parts of the brain such as the brain. It makes since why someone who plays fast pace complex video games can pay more attention to detail – this makes me think of the times of garden game we were playing. Gamers have a better attention span and their ability to track objects around them. Again these are things that you do not think about as begin to weigh the pros and cons of video games. I found it surprising that the video claims that the multimedia tasker is truly not good at multitasking.
3 neat things I learned:
- Action packed games – yes even the violent ones- allow children to use three parts of their brain increasing their ability to focus and pay attention.
Playing complex games increases your ability to multitask.
- Those who do what we believe are multitasking activities actually can not multitask but the students who play action packed video games are quite good at multitasking.
- Playing games affects three different parts of the brain dealing with attention and recalling of details.
1 question that I have:
If video games are so good for the brain – why are they not used more in the educational system?
They have been viewed so negatively for so long! Also the games that are designed for education are not very good so kids lose interest in them.
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