video games
What are the cognitive benefits of playing video games?
action video gaming improved performance on the ability to locate, quickly, a target stimulus in a field of distractors--
I also pointed there to evidence that the games may help children develop logical, literary, executive, and even social skills. Evidence has continued to mount, since then, concerning especially the cognitive benefits of such games.
Are there any negative cognitive consequences of playing video games
Playing certain video games makes teens more likely to drive dangerously, smoke cigarettes, and engage in other risky behaviors, according to a recent study by Dartmouth College in New Hampshire
There is also experimental evidence that playing violent video games has an immediate, negative influence on our attitudes and behavior
What is the correct balance for playing video games and engaging in other activities
Just because video games and mood are linked doesn't mean that one causes the other. Tons of other factors could muddy the causation, like that fact that parents who are able to buy game consoles may be better-off. Plus, a child's social life with family and at school is much, much more important to her well-being than video games, Przybylski wrote in the study.