The Linear Regression Project : Is The Amount Of Time Spent Playing Video Games?

Students,especially students who drive to and from school are also at risk of more car crashes because of sleep deprivation. Additionally getting good sleep is important to maintaining good health,staying awake and alert, and working at peak performance. Although students can simply sleep earlier, many need that time to study and complete homework, with a later start time students can get their homework down and get a sufficient amount of sleep.”According to this research, the ideal amount of sleep for the average teenager falls between 8.5 and 9.5 hours a night, and teenagers who receive adequate sleep benefit from better physical and mental health, safety, and academic performance. It also revealed that puberty causes a “phase delay” in teenagers, which shifts the time that teenagers fall asleep back by two

Video games are a enormous part in the world today. “More than 150 million people in the United States play video games regularly or for at least three hours per week. The number of sales has increased and in 2016, 24.5 billion games were sold, up from 23.2 billion in 2015.” “This Type of Video Game May Actually Harm Your Brain.” written by Mahita Gajanan is my positive article and “How Video Games Affect the Brain.” written by Hannah Nichols is my negative article. In this essay I am going to talk about video games and their impact on the brain (Nichols).

This scholarly journal article deliberates the necessity of sleep and the phenomenon that adolescent children are suffering from a lack of sleep. The loss of sleep can negatively af-fect a teenager’s academic performance, driving capabilities, cognitive abilities and more. Bryant and Gomez provide recommendations for combating the sleep deficiency with teens, which includes their caffeine intake, establishing specific bedtimes, and the use of technology. The authors reference several other articles done specifically on the use of electronic devices and their effects on a person’s ability to sleep.

A report from Pediatrics International says, “Along with increased gaming can come sleep deprivation, especially among young people. Rather than reducing the amount of time spent playing, gamers often opt to lose sleep instead.” This report is proving from events called “Double XP”, which is provided in most online multiplayer games, every three months at most. The people who play Call of Duty, Smite, Gears of war, Halo, which are all violence games, may experience the need to drive to take their sleep away, just to gain an extra level. Xbox also has a special tool, as many Beta for games do, to show the amount of time playing, the amount of certain modes and weapons used, etc. The Double XP events continued from friday morning to monday morning. Which can also cause the lack of interest in learning for the next day of school. It takes students minds off task of homework and chores. Attending these events, students miss school monthly, and miss quality time with family. The amount of time sleeping decreases the aggressive behavior. The importances of sleeping is to let your body function properly, re energize and staying

In the article “Wake up calls”, written by Sarah McKibben, the photo says, “Teens need at least 8.5 hours of sleep a night,” (21). This shows that kids need to go to bed early and not spend all night playing video games and not doing their homework. They should go home, do their homework, then they can do whatever they want, but they should have a time when they stop doing whatever thing their doing early enough to get enough sleep.

The purpose of this report is to identify the effects of gaming on students VCAA study scores. My method of testing is a prediction of scores of gaming and not gaming results for the students study score. The results of the testing conclude that students do better when they don’t play video games rather than playing video games. I will further explain on the hypothesis, testing, research findings, effects of gaming on the health and brain, my final conclusion.

In many ways I’m a normal teenager. One way i’m not a normal teenager is I play too many video games. In fact after school I play 1 or 2 video games. During school if i have time I play games on my phone. I think from all the videogames I play that my grades have dropped some not much but a little. If we go over the amount of screen time then it could affect us later in life. If we have too much screen time then the prefrontal cortex won't tell us if something is bad or good because the prefrontal is not developed fully. The American Academy of Pediatrics should not raise the recommended screen time from 2 to 4 hours.

In the write up, the author also mentions that video games can also be a problem for kids on school nights. The writer shows in the article that researchers found, “that playing video games led to markedly lower sleep quality than watching TV, and also led to a “significant decline” in the boy's’ ability to remember vocabulary words. “(Par. 38) Young teens should be limited their technology on school nights because it can affect how much sleep they get at night.

Screen-time anesthetizes our happy feel goods. “…in fact gaming releases so much dopamine — the “feel-good” chemical — that on a brain scan it looks the same as cocaine use!”

Today’s Exhausted Superkids is Frank Bruni’s response to the book “Overloaded and Unprepared.” His response portrays many people of the younger generation whom do not get enough sleep. In his response Bruni states, “But many teenagers today are so hyped and stressed out that they are getting only a fraction of the rest they need.” Bruni suggests smartphones and tablets are part of the cause of keeping kids and teens up in the middle of the night. However, he also mentions these are not the only factors as to why students do not get enough sleep. Hard work is another culprit. Many students work hard to achieve their high grades and do better on their tests. They strive to be the best and be a part of as many extracurricular activities as possible. Some students use stimulants, such as adderall, to become the high achievers they strive to be. Frank Bruni made good points about teens being overworked, but I disagree with his idea that many students do not get enough sleep due to pressure and expectations because most of them choose to do other things rather than sleeping.

Throughout the discussion of what's the most controversial argument in high school, we decided to test whether senior boys or senior girls gets the most sleep? We found many studies that show that senior year can either be the most stressful or most blowoff year, so we put that to the test. To add even more to our study, we separated the boys from the girls to determine once and for all do boys or girls sleep more throughout their senior year? We believe girls tend to get more sleep due to video games and boys sleep less because they strive to get better at their games. Though it seems girls tend to stay up just as long watching videos on YouTube, so the null hypothesis of our survey is guys sleep less and the alternative is girls more sleep.

Throughout the reading, it was said and as quoted, “playing video games led to markedly lower sleep quality than watching TV, and also led to a “significant decline” in the boy's’ ability to remember vocabulary words.” (pg.6) it proved that this free time on technology can combat the brain process to learn and obtain the information in their homework and class. Kids today are always busy doing something whether it be on electronics, being out with friends or doing something for school (homework, class work, project, etc), it is important to know and as quoted, “downtime is to the brain what sleep is for the body,” said by Dr. Rich. To continue on with the article and it’s intentions it also raised another question. On page 5, the paragraph talking about Sean and his habit reflecting on his grades, he speaks about his parents. As quoted, “He says he sometimes wishes that his parents would force him to quit playing and study, because he finds it hard to quit when given the choice.” Are we blaming parents now for the “plague” of our modernized society? Or is it kids looking to ignore their flaws? To reflect on that, given the choice, and seeing the affect the habit has on you, the “choice”, I believe, is clearly evident on what steps you need to take in order to better yourself but also giving a balance for

What is the relationship between the amounts of time spent playing video games and your amount of sleep?

Most studies examine late night technology usage as it relates to the adolescent population (<=18 years old), potentially compromising the external validity of their findings. The study “The Role of Environmental factors on Sleep Patterns and School Performance in Adolescents” examines environmental factors that may contribute to school performance in adolescent populations. It was found that children on average were getting 7.08h of sleep. A strong association was established between sleep time and academic performance, as with morningness and eveningness and sleep/wake behavior. However, one may argue that puberty; parental supervision and a difference in schedule might affect the outcome of the results. Bedtimes on weekends were highly affected by in bed stimulus and media consumption with total sleep time decreasing with increased usage;

“High-school students who report spending more time playing video games or who report spending more money on video games had poorer grades in English classes” (Gentile, Lynch, Linder, Walsh 2). All young minds that play video games longer than the average time start to show a poor performance in school. These children start to think more about the video games they are watching and playing every day, rather than doing their homework and studying for tests.