Cheryl K. Olson, Sc.D., is an expert in health behavior change and healthy child development. She is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the co-author of the bookGrand Theft Childhood: The Surprising Truth About Violent Video Games and What Parents Can...
Besides that, playing games can also help one enhance their creativity skills. This includes better capabilities at tasks such as drawing pictures or writing stories. Surprisingly, there can be a significant enhancement in creativity skills, irrespective of whether the person is playing a violent or ...
It is a common assumption that all video games are bad, or violent and that the number of hours that children play games should be reduced. Image credit However, playing video games is not all bad and they have become a normal part of a children’s life. There are many benefits to chi...
Media stories continue to warn about the potential dangers of video game playing, including potentialaddiction, violent behaviour, anddepression, usually in the aftermath of a violent incident linked to video game use (such as the revelation that Sandy Hook Elementary School gunman, Adam Lanza, re...
The Benefits of Cooperative Game Play in Violent Video GamesEwoldsen, David RVelez, John
and non-action games improved the amblyopia of their participants. So, it would seem that you need to understand what your vision issues are before attempting to treat them with video games. Scientists and game developers are working on creating games that improve vision without being ...
This means that parents often don't know if their children are playing violent (暴力) or scary games. Second, many children spend too much time playing games on computers and this can lead to health problems. Third, if children spend too much time playing games instead of doing homework, ...
But between articles circulating about the potential for addiction and the common worry that video games will bring outviolent behaviour, it can be tempting to issue a house-wide ban on this form of entertainment. In reality, that’s probably not needed. You’ll likely want to hold off on ...
Are the effects of Unreal violent video games pronounced when playing with a virtual reality system? This study was conducted to analyze the short-term effects of violent electronic games, played with or without a virtual reality (VR) device, on the instig... P Arriaga,F Esteves,P Carneiro...
Playing video games, including violent shooter games, may boost children's learning, health and social skills, according to a review of research on the positive effects of video game play to be published by the American Psychological Association.