How video games affect the brain
How video games affect the brain
How video games affect the brain
By Hannah Nichols
February 9, 2023
Summary
For video game use by children, most parents - 71 percent - indicate that video games have a positive influence on their child's life.
The top three best-selling video games of 2016 were Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, Battlefield 1, and Grand Theft Auto V. These games fall into the first-person shooter or action-adventure genres - the top two genres, accounting for 27.5 percent and 22.5 percent of sales, respectively.
A growing body of evidence shows that video gaming can affect the brain and cause changes in many regions of the brain.
Scientists have recently collected and summarized results from 116 scientific studies to determine how video games can influence our brains and behaviors.
By looking at all research to date, Palaus and team aimed to observe whether any trends had emerged with regard to how video games impact the structure and activity of the brain.
Results of the studies indicate that playing video games not only changes how our brains perform but also their structure.
The research into the effects of video gaming is still in its infancy and scientists are still scrutinizing what aspects of gaming impact what brain regions and how.
Reference
Nicholas, H. (2023, February 9). How video games affect the brain. Medical News Today. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318345