Completed Research Paper
Playing video games has become one of the largest activities people have invested their time in in today’s society. Most people would rather sit inside and play a video game instead of going outside to play or do something productive. People do not realize how much playing video games can effect ones brain and the actions they take throughout their daily lives. There are both positive and negative effects to gaming depending on which game a person is playing. Age can also affect ones brain function and how it reacts during a certain stages in life. Video games have different effects on younger kids versus college students and adults. Students who are addicted to video games have a negative effect on their school work. Video games not only have negative effects but there are also many ways they can affect the brain positively.
Negative Effects of Video Games
A kid is more likely to be aggressive towards people if he or she were playing Grand Theft Auto or a game that is violent that involves shooting or killing a person (University of Rocheste para. 1). When a kid is playing a violent game it makes them more familiar with hitting, shooting or stealing a car which makes the kid feel like he or she is in a real life situation (University of Rocheste para. 2). These games can make a person act differently when it comes to real life situations such as a person reacting very emotionally to a cause or being more aggressive. Violent video games like this can influence bad or psychotic behavior for example what happened in Colorado. A kid with orange dyed hair decided to enter a movie theater and kill several people with no intention. Little do people know the reason could be violent video games. Researchers have done an experiment to prove that video games can corrupt a person’s mind:
Around 300 gamers were surveyed on how a person would react to real world experiences. They determined post and pre feelings to the gamers had an inability to master a game and its controls
Negative Effects of Video Games
A kid is more likely to be aggressive towards people if he or she were playing Grand Theft Auto or a game that is violent that involves shooting or killing a person (University of Rocheste para. 1). When a kid is playing a violent game it makes them more familiar with hitting, shooting or stealing a car which makes the kid feel like he or she is in a real life situation (University of Rocheste para. 2). These games can make a person act differently when it comes to real life situations such as a person reacting very emotionally to a cause or being more aggressive. Violent video games like this can influence bad or psychotic behavior for example what happened in Colorado. A kid with orange dyed hair decided to enter a movie theater and kill several people with no intention. Little do people know the reason could be violent video games. Researchers have done an experiment to prove that video games can corrupt a person’s mind:
Around 300 gamers were surveyed on how a person would react to real world experiences. They determined post and pre feelings to the gamers had an inability to master a game and its controls
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