1.

Video games are therapeutic for children with

chronic illnesses
The University of Utah released a study last year that
examined the effects of regular gaming on children
diagnosed with illnesses like autism, depression, and
Parkinson's disease. Kids who played certain games,
including one designed just for the study, showed signs
of improvement in "resilience, empowerment, and a
'fighting spirit.'" Researchers believe the games' ability
to act on "neuronal mechanisms that activate positive
emotions and the reward system" helped improve kids'
demeanors as they faced the daily challenges of their
illnesses.

2. Video games improve preschoolers' motor skills

Letting a 4-year-old sit in front of a TV with a game
controller might not seem like the most productive use
of her time. But researchers from Deakin University in
Melbourne, Australia, would disagree.
Their study examined the development of 53 preschool-
aged children, and found that those who played
"interactive games" had better "object control motor
skills" than those who didn't. It's not clear, though,
whether children with better-than-average motor skills
tend to gravitate toward video games in the first place.

3. Video games reduce stress and depression

2009's Annual Review of Cybertherapy and
Telemedicineincluded a study that found that gamers
who suffered from mental health issues such as stress
and depression were able to vent their frustration and
aggression by playing video games and showed a
noted improvement. The study hypothesized that games
gave certain "Type A" personalities time to relax in "a
state of relative mindlessness" that allowed them to
avoid reaching "a certain level of stressful arousal" as
they tried to relax.

4. Video games provide pain relief

Video games don't just provide relief from emotional
pain. They can also help those who are suffering from
physical pain. Psychologists at the University of
Washington developed a game that helps hospital
patients suffering from immense physical pain by using
an age-old mental trick: distraction. The virtual reality
game "Snow World" put patients in an arctic wonderland
in which they throw an endless arsenal of snowballs at a
series of targets, such as penguins and snowmen.
Military hospitals found the experience helped soldiers
recovering from their battlefield wounds. The soldiers
who played "Snow World" required less pain medicine
during their recuperation.

5. Video games can improve your vision

Mom may have warned you that sitting in front of the TV
wasn't good for your eyes. But one developmental
psychologist found it could actually be beneficial to your
vision. Dr. Daphen Maurer of the Visual Development Lab
of Ontario's McMaster University made a surprising
discovery: People suffering from cataracts can improve
their vision by playing first-person shooter games
like Medal of Honor and Call of Duty. She believes these
games are so fast-paced that they require an extreme
amount of attention, training the visually impaired to
view things more sharply. They can also produce higher
levels of dopamine and adrenaline that "potentially may
make the brain more plastic," she said.

6. Video games improve your decision-making

skills
Most video games require fast reactions and split-second
decisions that can mean the difference between virtual
life and virtual death. Cognitive neuroscientists at the
University of Rochester in New York found these games
give players' brains plenty of practice for making
decisions in the real world. Researchers suggest that
action-oriented games act as a simulator for the
decision-making process by giving players several
chances to infer information from their surroundings and
forcing them to react accordingly.

7. Video games keep you happy in old age

Researchers from North Carolina State University looked
closely at our aging population to see if there was a link
between playing video games and mental well-being
i.e. "happiness." They found that senior citizens who said
they played video games even occasionally
reported "higher levels of happiness, or well-being," says
Rick Nauert at PsychCentral. "Those who did not play
video games reported more negative emotions" and
were more likely to be depressed. It's unclear what
exactly is behind this link or if the relationship is even
causal.

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A 2010 study at Texas A&M conducted by Associate Professor Dr. Christopher

J. Ferguson showed that both men and women who play violent video games
long-term seem to be able to adopt mental skills to handle stress, become
less depressed and get less hostile during stressful tasks.

during the study, 103 young adults were given a frustration task and then
randomized to play no game, a non-violent game, a violent game with good
versus evil theme, or a violent game in which they played the bad guy. The
results suggest that violent games reduce depression and hostile feelings in
players through mood managementif compared to other types of games

Can reduce stress and depression.especially students .nowadays,students feel stress when they are
study.One of the reasons is the homework is too more,the parents always compel the students to
study hard to get a good result in examinnation.If not,they will punish,castigatescold them
because they didnt handworking to study.They will feel very sad or angry.Therefore,violent
video games might be a better way to reduce their stress.As we know,no one can deny that the
violent video games is virtual,so we dont worry about they will hurt other person
anymore.Without help of violent video games,they cannot reduce their stress and maybe can
suffer from depression.(or we also call it melancholia)