{"id":2938,"date":"2020-09-18T01:32:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T01:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guardiangaming.tv\/?p=2938"},"modified":"2020-09-18T01:40:28","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T01:40:28","slug":"do-video-games-make-you-smarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekarzu.com\/do-video-games-make-you-smarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Video Games Make You Smarter?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
We have all heard the excuses and misinformed opinions created about video games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You hear people say things like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While I am not discrediting these opinions, I personally cannot agree with them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To be honest, I am yet to see the research from somebody with these \u201cideals\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Games are often portrayed as violent, addictive, and a mindless waste of hours that encourage laziness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have been a full-time gamer since I was old enough to hold a Gameboy in my hands. Now I am 24 years old, still playing games and I promise you my unhealthy gaming habit never got in the way of my quality of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In fact, I am a strong believer that games help more than they hurt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And unlike the “other side”, I have research to back me up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Depending on the games you play, there are a lot of games today that force you to make quick decisions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You are forced into situations where thinking quick and on your feet will make the difference between winning and feeling good about your self, or losing and questioning if you even have thumbs in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In one study, by Daphne Bavelier, participants aged 18 to 25 were split into two groups. One group played 50 hours of Call of Duty and Unreal Tournament. The other group played 50 hours of The Sims 2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After their respective sessions, the Call of Duty players made decisions 25% faster in a task unrelated to playing video games, without losing out on accuracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Games force you to have a clear picture of what is going on around you, and because of this, you are able to make decisions faster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This translates perfectly into the real world in situations where you are forced to think fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because on games, you have to learn the controls (and you normally do relatively quickly) and how it relates to the character you control in the game, you naturally get better hand-eye coordination. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can throw better, catch, kick, and bounce better. You\u2019re basically super-human.<\/p>\n\n\n\n