Gaming

Gaming has its Benefits:

1. It Improves The Cognitive Functions:

Playing video games can help teenager’s cognitive functions. Playing games changes the brain’s structure, in the same way, playing the piano, navigating with a  map and learning to read do. The combination of concentration and the surges of neurotransmitters strengthen the neural circuits that build the brain

2. Hand And Eye Coordination:

Teenagers can learn spatial, visual, and iconic skills from video games as many games require visual-spatial ability and hand-eye coordination to complete. The player has to coordinate the brain’s reaction to hand and fingertip movements.

3. Quick Thinking And Accuracy:

The fast paced action in video games trains the gamers brain to make a quick decision without losing accuracy.

4. Improves Decision-Making Skills:

Gaming will improve decision-making skills. The study has found that teens that play video games made decisions 25% faster without affecting accuracy. Teenagers adept in gaming can make choices and act upon them six times a second, this is four times faster than normal.

5. Encourages Teamwork:

Multiplayer games that involve cooperation with other online players encourage teamwork. Video games also help make the most of your skills to contribute to the team.

………..And  Negatives so choose games

carefully and  THINK what is the game

doing for you?

1. Increases Aggressive Behaviour:

Games with violent content can lead to aggressive behaviour in teens and can desensitise them to violence. Studies have shown that teens who like playing first-person shooter style games are likely to adopt a detached view of the society. They also develop aggressive thoughts and tendencies.

2. Social Isolation:

Playing video games can make you isolated as you may spend more time playing games than actually socialising with your friends and you are less likely to have other interests outside of school. Such as playing a sport.

3. Teaches Wrong Values:

Games are capable of creating (or recreating) worlds with such accuracy that, now more than ever, you could easily find yourself mistaking footage of a game for a video recording. Often, the way games portray society, and its attitudes can be extreme. Women are often given sexually provocative personalities, and sex content of games may be presented alongside violence. Also, bad language and behaviour are often picked up both from the game and from others playing online.

4. Poor Academic Performance:

Your performance at school can suffer if you are spending hours playing games. Playing games late at night can contribute to the lack of sleep which in turn, will affect concentration at school. Another cause of falling grades is gamers skipping homework to play games. 

5. Adverse Effects On Health:

Have you ever considered what effect excessive gaming can have on your health? Spending too much time playing video games, and not participating in activities to keep you fit and healthy can lead to obesity, muscular, skeletal and postural disorders, video-induced seizures, nerve compression and numbness in hands, elbows and shoulders.

6. Cyberbullying:

You may find that by playing collaborative online games that you or someone else becomes a victim of cyberbullying. 

Please use the link below to access the cyberbullying page

https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/kjh44/2017/02/13/cyberbullying/

Deciding on what game is best for you 

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