The Effects of Video Games on the Brain

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How do you think video games can help you? It is actually one of the hardest questions to answer. It is a real mystery to most people. They can help you and harm you in many different ways. Researchers have been trying to find the answer for so many years now. They found since 2004 to present day, so many people play video games that we have built up 50 billion hours total of playing video games which almost adds up to 5.9 million years of gaming time in total. That is so long that it sounds like the early settlers like Mesopotamia had been playing video games! There are many types of video games but here are some examples I found: Violent, pro-Social, productive and horror. Violent games are most likely the games people encourage you not to play because they can cause huge amounts of built up aggression over the time that you play the games. They can also sometimes cause anti-social disorders and many different negative effects in your mind. The only good effect is it gives you good aiming skills at throwing or punching or whatever violent game you play. Some violent games include Call of Duty, Halo and some other violent games. Next there is horror. They are games that will probably make you have nightmares at night. Like horror movies, they are least recommended. They can almost have the same effect as violent games but you will keep thinking about it for a long time (possibly forever). Another effect is that if you play the game over and over again, you will probably get used to these types of games and be good at them which is the only good effect. Horror games include: Slender, Amnesia, etc. Also there is productive. These games are the most likely to be helpful with learning skills like having a better imag... ... middle of paper ... ...orse. The Dana Foundation, 23 July 2009. Web. 14 Nov. 2013. . "Hours of playing video games can change brain for the better, research finds." Fox News. FOX News Network, 6 Mar. 2012. Web. 2 Dec. 2013. . Jaslow, Ryan. "Study: Video games sharpen seniors' multitasking, memory skills." CBSNews. CBS Interactive, 5 Sept. 2013. Web. 5 Dec. 2013. . Knappeck, Ulrich. "Research | Research news | 2013 | How video gaming can be beneficial for the brain." Research | Research news | 2013 | How video gaming can be beneficial for the brain. Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, 30 Oct. 2013. Web. 23 Nov. 2013. .

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