At some point, most of us were told that if we kept playing video games our brains would waste away and turn into a big pile of mush. Well, not so fast there little buckaroo. There are some good things that gaming can bring to the table…seven of them, in fact.
- A 2013 study found that video games could help “dyslexic children read better.”
- Another study showed that some games could help slow “mental decay.”
- A Canadian researcher found that gamers tended to have more “lucid” dreams and could even “control” aspects of them.
- A 2012 experiment found that surgeons who played video games “for more than three hours per week” made “37% fewer errors and were 26% faster” than surgeons who didn’t play video games.
- A long-term study found no evidence that violent video games contributed to violent behavior.
- In fact, a 2014 study found that “being bad in a video game can make us more morally sensitive.”
- At the University of Rochester, scientists discovered that frequent action gamers tended to have quicker reaction times and made “right decisions faster.”
Source: BroBible
[Courtesy of Dr. Dave’s Ultimate Prep]
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