Cognitive benefits of playing video games

4. Cognitive benefits of playing video games • Evidence countering the fears of surrounding video games such as social isolation, obesity, addiction and violence(Gray, 2019). • Positive effects of video games such as decision making, perception, memory and attention(Fall, 2014) • Improvement’s in attention and vigilance(Green & Bavelier, 2012) (Franceschini et al, 2013). • Improvements in executive functioning(Basek et al., 2008) (Torres, 2011). 

5. (Clemenson and Stark, 2015)

6. (Dai and Fry, 2019)

8. The negative effects of video games • Confirmed negative effects(Bartlett,etal, 2009) • Suspected negative effects(Bartlett,etal, 2009) • Speculative negative effects(Bartlett,etal, 2009) • Aggression in teen’s(Anderson et al., 2010) • Addiction to gaming(Jana, 2019) • Negative effects on health (Jana, 2019)

9. (Yougov.co.uk, 2019)

11. References: Gray, P. (2019). The Many Benefits, for Kids, of Playing Video Games. [online] Psychology Today. Available at: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/freedom-learn/201201/the-many-benefits-kids-playing-video-games [Accessed 5 Feb. 2019]. Eichenbaum, A. E., Bavelier, D., & Green, C. S. (2014).  Video games: Play that can do serious good.  American Journal of Play, 7, 50-72. Green, C. Shawn, and Daphne Bavelier.. 2012. “Learning, Attentional Control, and Action Video Games. Current Biology 22:R197–R206. Franceschini, Sandro, Simone Gori, Milena Ruffino, Simona Viola, Massimo Molteni, and Andrea Facoetti. 2013. “Action Video Games Make Dyslexic Children Read Better.” Current Biology 23:462–66. Basak, Chandramallika, Walter R. Boot, Michelle W. Voss, and Arthur F. Kramer. 2008. “Can Training in a Real-Time Strategy Video Game Attenuate Cognitive Decline in Older Adults?” Psychology and Aging 23:765–77.

12. References: Torres, Ana Carla Seabra. 2011. “Cognitive Effects of Video Games on Old People.” International Journal on Disability and Human Development 10:55–58. Barlett, C.P., Anderson, C.A., & Swing, E.L. (2009). Video game effects confirmed, suspected, and speculative: A review of the evidence. Simulation & Gaming, 40(3), pp. 377-403. eSchool News. (2019). Can gaming change education?. [online] Available at: https://www.eschoolnews.com/2009/12/09/can-gaming-change-education/ [Accessed 5 Feb. 2019]. Clemenson, G. and Stark, C. (2015). Virtual Environmental Enrichment through Video Games Improves Hippocampal-Associated Memory. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(49), pp.16116-16125.

13. References: • Anderson, C., Shibuya, A., Ihori, N., Swing, E., Bushman, B., Sakamoto, A., Rothstein, H. and Saleem, M. (2010). Violent video game effects on aggression, empathy, and prosocial behavior in Eastern and Western countries: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 136(2), pp.151-173. • Jana, S. (2019). Positive And Negative Effects Of Video Games On Teenagers. [online] MomJunction. Available at: https://www.momjunction.com/articles/effects-of-video-games-on-teenagers_00352668/#gref [Accessed 11 Feb. 2019]. • Dai, D. and Fry, A. (2019). Effect of Video Games on Child Development | Developmental Psychology at Vanderbilt. [online] My.vanderbilt.edu. Available at: https://my.vanderbilt.edu/developmentalpsychologyblog/2014/04/effect-of-video-games-on-child-development/ [Accessed 11 Feb. 2019].

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