Study attributes increased mental growth to videogames

There have been scores of surveys and studies prejudicially elucidating the cons of video gaming in recent times. But like every other form of entertainment even video gaming has its pros which are incontrovertible. According to a report on The Evening Sun, a new research has found that video games can help the development of mental ability among kids that will be of great use during their adolescence, given that they don’t over indulge in gaming.

The study took stock of about 2,000 business professionals and found that those who grew up gaming had very different attitudes as compared to the ones who didn’t play games during their childhood. The research found that the former kind had the right kind of attitude to be managers or leaders. Video games tend to have a greater impact on the development of mental ability up to the age of 13 to 15, according to the research.

The research ascribed the development of several positive skills among kids to video games including problem-solving abilities, perseverance, pattern recognition, reading and hypothesis testing etc. Stephanie Zwolinski, who is a nuclear and mechanical engineering major at Penn State, told The Evening Sun that video games are tantamount to puzzles. She asserted that video games don’t induce “passive thinking” like watching TV does. The research was overlooked by John C. Beck, who is a professor at the University of California and Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Digital Future.

Read [The Evening Sun]