The perks of playing video games
Is playing video games benefitial for me? 💭
You might have wondered what could be the advantages,
if there are any, of playing video games on a regular basis.
Well, you would be surprised to see that in fact there are many! Based
on a
neurologichal study from Judi Willis,
Geico Living listed nine examples on how gaming can be a
powerful tool to help us
increase our brain stimulation, develop problem-solving skills and
achieve stress relief:
- Video games can improve manual dexterity
- Video games can increase your brain’s gray matter
- Gamers may have better social skills
- Games can teach you to be a better problem solver
- Video games can improve manual dexterity
- You can become more physically active as a gamer
- Video games can have mental health benefits
- They’re a fun way to get tricked into learning
- Video games can inspire you to be more persistent
This list comes as a prove that gaming can improve the most variable aspects of your adult life, helping you to enhance valuabe characteristics when transponed to the real world. In 2014, three researchers from the Radboud University Nijmegen have written an article of how gaming can have the most diverse positive impact on benefiting an adult's life. They approach the cognitive, motivational, emotional and social benefits of gaming. In their words:
"Video games [...] can include competitive and cooperative objectives, players immerse themselves in pretend worlds that are safe contexts in which negative emotions can be worked out, and games allow a sense of control with just enough unpredictability to feel deep satisfaction and intense pride when formidable goals are finally reached. [...] players are gaming online, with friends, family, and complete strangers, crossing vast geographical distances and blurring not only cultural boundaries but also age and generation gaps, socioeconomic differences, and language barriers."
It's quite clear that besides being fun and entretaining, gaming can also help you to improve other aspects of your life! So... shall we play together?