Tuesday, September 22, 2015

The Effect of Video Games (part 2)


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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