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Negative Effects Of Playing Video Games

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Kavita Saini Dr. Shazia Ali English 1302 19 July 2017 Is Playing Video Games Bad or Good For You? When asked, some people would say playing video games is a bad thing especially for teenagers who seem to be the majority population indulging in the activity. That is how the society will most likely view video games, they will claim that video games turn young people into violent adults, ruin the eyes because of constant staring at the bright screen or simply they are melting your brains. These kind of criticism levelled against video gaming so much border on clichés, are so ubiquitous and common that most are not actually founded on actual science. The beginnings of mainstream console and computer gaming in the 1970s have caused detractors to raise their concern about the fighting games and the first person shooters. On the contrary, there are several studies, which offer conflicting conclusions about how the activity of video gaming is both beneficial on one’s physical and mental health, (Abanes, 2006). Here are some of the facts that will let you weigh up the evidence for yourself and see how video gaming is not actually a bad but a good activity. In 2013, a study conducted by a psychologist Simone Kuhn on the effects that prolonged video gaming exposure has on the brain system of the young people. Findings suggested that several areas of the grey matter significantly expanded due to the activity. For two months, the psychiatrist observed her subjects playing the super

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