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Commentary

The article “Playing video games is good for your brain” written by Mark Griffith

talks about the positive effects of playing video games on our brain. The author’s tones

are optimistic, enthusiastic and cheerful. Several reasons why video games is good for

our brain it improves reaction and hand-eye coordination, it is an appealing way of

learning and it has great educational potential.

Firstly, playing video games is good for our brain because it can improve reaction

times and hand-eye coordination. Video game influences performance in perception,

attention and cognition. Research shown that spatial visualization ability, mentally,

rotating or manipulating two or three-dimensional objects improves with video game

playing. Furthermore, people who play action video games could enhance their abilities

to learn new skills. For people with poor hand-eye coordination, like individuals with

autism, video games could help them develop their skills.

Secondly, another reason why playing video games is good for our brain is

because it is an appealing way of learning. Video games can be fun and stimulating in

education context. It can maintain pupil’s undivided attention of a longer period. It enables

students to put to immerse themselves in a place or culture that they are learning about

in the classroom. These types of interactive experiences get students more excited about

the material and support long-term retention.

 Lastly, video games are good for our brain because it has great educational

potential. Games specifically designed to address specific problem or teach specific skill

have been very successful. They hone spatial thinking, memory, perception, and

problem-solving — all which come in handy for a wide-range of technical careers. Video

games are motivating, engaging, interactive and provide rewards.

We totally agree with the author’s points especially on playing video games are

good for our brain because we feel that the people only see the negative side of playing

video games, especially parents. Well that may be true, but with better supervision, video

games can and will be beneficial. “Our cognition might be enhanced when we start up our

video games. A group of five non-gamer shows growth in memory growth after four weeks

of playing video games.” (Kokkinakis, Cowling, Drachen, (2017) Relationship between

video game expertise and fluid intelligence).

In summary, we maintain our view that video games is good for our brain because

it can improve reaction and hand-eye coordination, appealing way of learning and have

great educational potential. However, we also acknowledge that video games can cause

bad effects as well; one of them being an addiction. Nonetheless, we need to realize that

video games lead to improved cognition, creativity, sociability, and more.

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2. Appendix

1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/11/11/playing-video-games-is-
good-for-your-brain/?noredirect=on&utm_term

2. https://journals.plos.org