Do video games hurt our brains?
If you play video games frequently, your brain changes: the more mass of the so-called gray mass is present in the hippocampus of the brain, the healthier the organ of thought is. The less they are present, the greater the risk of developing a brain disease.
The computer game League of Legends is a phenomenon:
The computer game "League of Legends" is a phenomenon: around 100 million people around the world play it, regularly "LoL", as they say among connoisseurs. The game, in which normally two teams with five members compete with each other. Rules are complex, and winning against other players requires strategic thinking.
The research confirms many positive effects:
The study published in mid-November of 2017 from the University of York in England in Plos One magazine. The psychologist Alexander Wade says that if the players became smarter over the hours in front of the screen or if it simply helps that the most intelligent players in the league can not be answered.
We bet on the latter.
Computer games are a common pastime for young people today. Research on the effects of the computer game is also flourishing and producing hundreds of studies each year. After all, they want to know how the mass phenomenon influences the brain and behavior.
Contrary to popular belief, the results generally lead to computer games that improve the brain functions involved. It is quite clear that many games do not improve the whole IQ, but they do improve the individual functions of the brain.
Only later did the scientists show the positive effects of the game. Those who play regularly for one hour are better at quickly understanding situations, generating new knowledge and classifying what they have learned in categories.
The reason for this is greater activity in the hippocampus, an area that is important for learning and that can be trained through computer games. But through excessive gambling, an average of fourteen hours per week, the so-called gray matter of the brain suffers in players, reduced in some places. This is found in the orbital frontal cortex, which belongs to the frontal lobe responsible for the highest tasks. The more excessive his game was, the greater the loss.
Only, what does that mean? The volume of gray matter in which the nerve cells of the cortex meet varies greatly throughout life and depends on a number of factors: it is difficult to say whether a change is good or bad.
One thing is for sure: if you spend a lot of time on the screen, you do not have enough time for other things. Neuroscientist Daphne Bavelier of the University of Geneva compares computer games with red wine:
It is a pity in large quantities. You may even have enjoyed moderate health benefits.
The computer game League of Legends is a phenomenon:
The computer game "League of Legends" is a phenomenon: around 100 million people around the world play it, regularly "LoL", as they say among connoisseurs. The game, in which normally two teams with five members compete with each other. Rules are complex, and winning against other players requires strategic thinking.
The research confirms many positive effects:
The study published in mid-November of 2017 from the University of York in England in Plos One magazine. The psychologist Alexander Wade says that if the players became smarter over the hours in front of the screen or if it simply helps that the most intelligent players in the league can not be answered.
We bet on the latter.
Computer games are a common pastime for young people today. Research on the effects of the computer game is also flourishing and producing hundreds of studies each year. After all, they want to know how the mass phenomenon influences the brain and behavior.
Contrary to popular belief, the results generally lead to computer games that improve the brain functions involved. It is quite clear that many games do not improve the whole IQ, but they do improve the individual functions of the brain.
Only later did the scientists show the positive effects of the game. Those who play regularly for one hour are better at quickly understanding situations, generating new knowledge and classifying what they have learned in categories.
The reason for this is greater activity in the hippocampus, an area that is important for learning and that can be trained through computer games. But through excessive gambling, an average of fourteen hours per week, the so-called gray matter of the brain suffers in players, reduced in some places. This is found in the orbital frontal cortex, which belongs to the frontal lobe responsible for the highest tasks. The more excessive his game was, the greater the loss.
Only, what does that mean? The volume of gray matter in which the nerve cells of the cortex meet varies greatly throughout life and depends on a number of factors: it is difficult to say whether a change is good or bad.
One thing is for sure: if you spend a lot of time on the screen, you do not have enough time for other things. Neuroscientist Daphne Bavelier of the University of Geneva compares computer games with red wine:
It is a pity in large quantities. You may even have enjoyed moderate health benefits.
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