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The Positive And Negative Effects Of Videogames

Video-gaming is indeed very addictive. A person developing a liking for it can go on and on with it for hours together, not even realizing the amount of time he has been spending on it. Gaming can also be extremely distracting. A person tends to lose interest in things he has been preoccupied with because the highly interactive video gaming interface tends to take control of his thought process as he gets involved. A research conducted by Dr. C. Shawn Green of the University of Wisconsin concluded, 'video games can change your brain'. This has both positive as well as negative implications. In other words, video or computer games may have good as well as bad effects on the psyche of the individuals addicted to them. Positive impact of video games include development of qualities such as multitasking, quicker decision-making, teamwork and better response to challenges and risks. Games may also help people to develop better mathematical and analytical skills. But as the saying goes, 'there are two sides to every coin', despite the numerous positive effects that video games may have on an individual, some of the negatives of this technological innovation can prove to be extremely hazardous in the long-run. Given below are some of the negative and harmful effects that video gaming may have

Good Effects

Following instructions- when the kids are enrolled in a organization, they need to do some concret actions, to win, and they’re controlled their owns.

Problem solving- when the people solve some things using the rational recognition and the mathematical or logical resolving.

Hand-eye coordination, fine motor and spatial skills: the people can develop the hand eye coordination in some games like guitar hero and rock band, or the similar, that can develop the coordination because the play mode are , that you deed to push the color buttons when you see the color circler or figures on the TV screen , and when you find some action games that need kinesthetic movement, you develop too your motor skills.

Planning, resource management and logistics: games like age of empires and star craft, diablo, etc, should develop your figure recognition and your resource and logistic c management, for example, to attack a town with a big militia squad , you need to look all the map, and pick the best routes to attack without loose attack force . and the metical game TETRIS develop your figure and color recognition, the planning of the game to be successful in your level, and the coordination to move the pieces from one side to another side and twist the pieces too.

Multitasking, simultaneous tracking of many shifting variables and managing multiple objectives. The need to administer resources, the need to see a few of different things in map, or the simple fact of run and aiming an arm , can develop your skill of multitasking and simultaneous objectives, however, when you for example, runn and aim an arm, you are in fact managing various objectives and multiple taskings too

-Quick thinking, making fast analysis and decisions. You need that skill when you solve some puzzle,

-The videogame can develop too your cooperative, memory, mapping, reasoning testing, and another skills

And some of the interesting bad problems are for example theses:

-Most of the bad effects of video games are blamed on the violence they contain. Children who play more violent video games are more likely to have increased aggressive thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and decreased prosocial helping, according to a scientific study (Anderson & Bushman, 2001).

-Too much video game playing makes your kid socially isolated. Also, he may spend less time in other activities such as doing

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