Some
studies have linked video games with decreased attention spans. The
study suggests that elementary school children that played video
games more than two hours a day are 67% more likely to have attention
problems, though the same effect was noticed for those that spend
more than two hours a day watching TV as well. Researches admit that
there is currently no differentiation between attention span loss
from TV watching and video game playing. Researches were also not
able to identify the differences in the type of attention required to
focus on school compared with the type of attention needed to focus
on gaming. However, I found it rather comical that when I told my own
13-year old daughter about this study, she pointed out that it didn't
sound like the kids had an attention problem at all—they were quite
focused on playing a video game for over two hours a day!
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