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Video Game Stereotypes

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The controversy on video games and whether they are harmful or helpful has been around for a while now. Firstly, a video game is a game played by electronically manipulating images produced by a computer program on a television screen or other display screen. Video games are often judged; some people may think video games are bad and affect children negatively because of the stereotypes of video games causing children to become lazy and violent. Even though, some of these stereotypes could true; video games are not as bad as the stereotypes make them to be. According to Jing Feng of the University of Toronto “How Video Games Benefit the Brain” video games improve children’s brain perception, attention, and spatial cognition. (3) Playing video …show more content…

Shooter games are considered action; most shooter games consist of fighting and shooting at enemies. Charles Choi and other researchers did an experiment on action video gamer versus non-gamers. In the experiment, the action video gamers played the action game Grand Theft Auto for five hours a week for one year. After playing the game, they gave the volunteers array of dots to look at and asked them to determine which direction the dots was going. Some dots were going in the same direction to make it easier or harder. The action gamers were able to determine which direction the dots were going faster than the non-gamers. The researchers did an experiment with noise to test their auditory decision. The action gamer also did better in the auditory experiment. In the experiment, the volunteers had to put on headphones and listen for a noise. The volunteers had to determine which ear they heard the noise in. After the experiment, they asked the non-gamers to play the action game for fifty hours and their decision-making skills …show more content…

Video games are therapeutic for children with chronic illnesses. According to the University of Utah, children that has been diagnosed with autism, depression, or Parkinson disease can improve their resilience, empowerment, and fighting spirit by playing video games. Video games, improve preschooler’s motor skills. You may think letting a four-year-old sit in front of the television for hours is wrong, but research shows that children who play interactive games have a better object control motor skills than children who do not play video games. Video games reduce stress and depression. Children are able to express their inner frustration and anger while playing video games. Video games also provide pain relief. According to the University of Washington, the Military Hospital did an experiment on soldiers recovering from their battlefield wounds. Some soldiers played the video game Snow World. The soldiers that played the video game required less pain medicine during recuperation because they relieved some of their pain by throwing

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