How Video Games Affect The Brain

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Studies have shown that repeated exposure to violent video games over time does affect the structure and functioning of the adolescent brain. The brain is a malleable and ‘plastic’ structure that can change and evolve with every stimulus we give it. Whether this stimulus comes from studying Spanish, training in basketball or playing a video game, every single input can affect the structure and functions of the brain if the conditions are right. While some video games enhance multitasking, visual perception and the brain’s ability to process information, research has suggested that violent video games can influence aggressive behaviour, aggressive cognition and physiological arousal. A study conducted by Doctor Vincent Matthews and his colleagues at Indiana University School of Medicine have found that there were sustained changes in the regions of the brain associated with cognitive function and emotional control after a group of young adult men were playing violent video games for a week. Similarly, in laboratory studies, some researchers have found an increase of about four percent in gamers’ levels of aggression after playing violent video games. However, other research groups have concluded that factors such as family background, mental health and

Playing video games will affect your decisions in one way or another. Will your perceptions change due to the type of game you are playing? There are two answers to this question, yes and no. Researching the effect of video games on the brain provides detail results that show my thoughts.

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Video Game Designers VS. Parents, These two factions have been at war since the rise of video game popularity in the 1970 's. Video Games are something seen in just about every household in America today, there are just as common as a fridge or toaster. They are something that every person can enjoy whether they are a boy, girl, kid or adult. Naturally, when something is this popular there are going to be some people who have a problem with it. The Parents launched their first attack in 1976. They got multiple games pulled from shelves including "Death Race", "Custer 's Revenge". This was the first of many attacks in a still on-going war.

North America has spiraled into an unhealthy obsession with video games. The value of the video game industry in 2015 was over seventy-one billion dollars in the United States alone, and its worth has only increased. Polls show that 63% of American households have persons who play video games for a minimum of three hours a day. But do exposure to those games affect the brain in a negative way? Video games are shown to be more influential to the brain than television and movies, and research shows that video games shrink essential parts of the brain, such as the hippocampus. This diminution influences cognitive functions, whose effects will carry on into later life.

Playing video games is popular among children and adults alike. People play video games in almost every household all over the world. This paper explores the impact of video games on the brain. There are good and bad effects of video games. In a 2011 article Bavelier, Green, Han, Renshaw, Merzenich, & Gentile reported the content of game play may produce different effects. The players control images on television, telephones and computer screens. There are positive and negative effects of video games corrupting the brain, it can be addictive and cause behavioral changes.

Based on Han’s study on university students, he found that there were some differences in brain activity between video game addition players and normal players. Excessive video game players’ brain activity in the anterior cingulate and orbitofrontal cortex was higher than normal players. It was meant that the different form of brain activation will distinguish the addicted player and the non-addicted player. In the study, researchers took fMRI scans of the brains of 78 teenage boys who were addicted to video games and the other 73 were in common condition. The results showed that video game addiction players had stronger connections between several different regions of the brain. It declared that excessive video gaming would lead the player response faster to some events.

A lot of parents think that video games are bad while some scienstist think that they help kids.Well they are both right video games can be bad and good.In this you will read about both sides and then you can think abot your opinion on the screen time.If is bad or good or both or you don’t care.

The military sometimes uses video games as a way to train soldiers to be able to accomplish tasks faster and make critical decisions faster and more effectively in combat situations. Video games seem to provoke a positive effect on memory, motor skills and other behaviors. "The brain is constantly reconfiguring itself. Everything new that we learn means that some connections in the brain have been added or altered, even if temporarily,"(Mark Burgess). What Burgess is saying is that the brain continently changing and it could be seen and helps understand the effects of video games on the brain, especially on games with high intensive action when you are constantly having to watch and pay attention to different aspects of the game all at the same

In today’s society, the concerns for the effects of video games have acquired quite a terrible reputation. Worried parents around the world assume video games make their children do poorly in school, and create violent, desensitized, antisocial children. The increase in violent games, usually get the blame for aggressive behavior, shootings and violence in schools and young individuals. Most beliefs about video games effect on the brain and emotions are very common misconceptions. I strongly believe that video games are an essential tool to learning and gaining much-needed skills. When people look at the studies that have been done on video games and the brain, it will be apparent that some myths about video games have been blown out of proportion. It has come to my attention that there are studies that prove the negative effects of video games may only last the duration of game play. Kids can improve in general knowledge with educational video games like Leap Frog. Video games can train specific areas of the brain as well as increase brain flexibility and memory. Gaming actually has more beneficial effects than negative effects. Video games are excellent educational implement used in elementary schools. It is extremely helpful in brain development and helping kids with trouble reading improve. Memory retention can be improved and increased with the use of strategic, thinking games. Video games, as funny as it might sound, even promote

According to an article in Neurology Now, a neurology magazine, scientists have found that playing video games excessively generates negative changes in the behavior and brain functioning. The scientist points out that one of the disadvantages of video games is the addiction since previous studies show that since the main purpose of titles is to activate pleasure centers in the brain, prolonged activity causes the low production of dopamine, a neurotransmitter responsible for provoking positive feelings and well-being. Scientists added that the amount of dopamine released into the blood while playing is similar to that found in intravenous injections of stimulant drugs.

Video gaming is the popular form of entertainment. Video gamers spend about 3billion hours per week on these screens. Their popularity has brought the scientist to conduct research on the effects of the video games on the brain and its behavior. A study shows that more than 150 million people in the United States play video games regularly, or for at least 3 hours per week. In this case, at least 65% of the American household has one person who plays video games constantly. The average e gamers are 35years old with about 70% of them being 18 years and above.