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Introduction
The popularity of video games is widely spread in the whole world. In fact, it is
more popular than television itself. Gaming has raised concerns in both the popular
media and research community regarding its negative health effects including the
Recent brain imaging research is showing that they affect the brain’s frontal
the same way that cocaine does (Dr. Nicholas Kardaras, 2016). The objective of this
research is to create awareness towards the people particularly to the Grade XI ICT
students.
Video gaming raises dopamine levels in the brain to about the same degree that
eating a slice of peperoni pizza or dish of ice cream does (without the calories). That is,
it raises dopamine to roughly double its normal resting level, whereas drugs like heroin,
cocaine, or amphetamine raise dopamine by roughly ten times that much (Patrick
games and social network and mobile games, rely on a "compulsion loop" or "core
loop", a cycle of activities that involve rewarding the player and driving them to continue
through another cycle, retaining them in the game. By constantly rewarding players for