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Positive Effects of Video Games On Teenagers

Video games can provide cognitive benefits to teenagers such as improved attention, visual processing, memory and reasoning according to research. They also enhance hand-eye coordination, quick thinking and accuracy from playing action games. Some games help develop problem solving skills and promote incremental intelligence. Educational and pro-social games can also be beneficial by teaching subjects interactively and increasing empathy. The positive effects depend on the type of games played.

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Positive Effects of Video Games On Teenagers

Video games can provide cognitive benefits to teenagers such as improved attention, visual processing, memory and reasoning according to research. They also enhance hand-eye coordination, quick thinking and accuracy from playing action games. Some games help develop problem solving skills and promote incremental intelligence. Educational and pro-social games can also be beneficial by teaching subjects interactively and increasing empathy. The positive effects depend on the type of games played.

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Positive Effects Of Video Games On Teenagers:

Yes, video games can be good for your child. Don’t be shocked, we’ll tell you why. Here are the
reasons why virtual gaming can be good (1)(2)(3).

1. Improves cognitive functions:

Contrary to popular belief, video gaming can enhance multiple cognitive skills such as better
allocation of attention, visual processing, memory, reasoning, and perception, according to a
research published by the American Psychological Association.

Researchers have studied a meta-analysis of video games and concluded that the positive effects
of violent games included improvement in a player’s capability of thinking in different
dimensions, just the way some academic courses do.

2. Hand and eye coordination:

Research has shown that teens can learn spatial, visual and eye-hand coordination skills from
video games, especially from shooter games. Some games require a great deal of these skills to
be successful. For example, players need to keep track of positions, speed, aim, directions and
more. The brain processes all these data and coordinates with the hands since all the actions are
performed with the keyboard or game controller.

3. Quick thinking and accuracy:

The action in video games prepares the gamers to make smart decisions in split seconds. Also,
they need acute attention to cope with unexpected changes in the game.

4. Work on dexterity:

Online gaming improves the movement of hands with the mouse and keyboard. They learn to use
the shortcut functions on the keyboard and give quick responses.
5. Problem-solving abilities

Researchers suggest that video games can aid teens in developing problem-solving skills because
while playing strategic video games like role-plays, young adolescents get better at solving
problems.

6. Some games can improve moods and ward off anxiety

Games such as Angry Birds and Bejewelled II are straightforward and bring instant happiness or
relaxation and improve moods. Researcher Granic calls it a “fundamental emotional benefit”
kids can derive from video games. The games can also teach young people how to cope with
failures.

7. Promote the theory of incremental intelligence

Teens, who are encouraged and praised for working on a puzzle or game, develop an idea of
progressive knowledge, which is essentially believing that intelligence is not fixed and can be
improved; it can be grown with effort and time. This way, video games provide an ideal ground
for children to acquire such traits of thoughts.

8. Other benefits

Educational video games can teach school subjects more interactively, and pro-social games can
increase empathy in teens.

The positive effects depend on the games your teen chooses to play. Violent and sexually explicit
games are more negative than positive.

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