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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: PSXXX on July 23, 2001, 08:19:18 AM
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Please reed what this research found. I knew videogames weren\'t bad. If you still a child or you don\'t have money for your games print this research and show it to your parents. Then ask for games :D:
COMPUTER games are giving a generation of young Britons a level of co-ordination and powers of concentration equivalent to those observed in top-level athletes, a government-funded study has shown.
Youngsters who play computer games regularly but not excessively also tend to have more friends and be better adjusted than those who make do with traditional pastimes such as reading and television.
The research, funded by the government\'s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), challenges the common view of computer gamers as "geeks" who cut themselves off from the world and develop few social or wider academic skills. Instead, it suggests that playing computer games could sharpen young people\'s mental agility to a level superior to that of previous generations by exposing them to intense stimuli from a young age.
"People who play games regularly seem to develop a mental state that we have seen before only in serious athletes or professionals such as astronauts, whose life depends on concentration and co-ordination," said Jo Bryce, who led the research. "Their minds and bodies work together much better than those of most other people."
Bryce did her research by visiting computer gamers, often during regional or national competitions around Britain, and giving nearly 100 of them a series of psychological tests and questionnaires. The results were then compared with those of similar tests applied to athletes and other groups.
She found that although there remained a minority of gamers who were obsessive, the majority had a healthy mix of other interests and varied social lives. Playing games helped them to do better in other areas, including schoolwork.
"Our subjects were averaging about 18 hours a week on computer games, which sounds a lot, but they were spending similar amounts of time reading and doing sport or socialising," said Jason Rutter of the ESRC\'s centre for research on innovation and competition at Manchester University, who worked with Bryce.
"They seemed able to focus on what they were doing much better than other people and also had better general co-ordination. Overall there was a huge similarity with top-level athletes. The skills they learnt on computers seem to transfer to the real world," Rutter said.
The research may explain why some racing drivers find it useful to practise on computer games. Rubens Barrichello, a member of Ferrari\'s Formula One racing team, reportedly prepared for the Malaysian grand prix, a course he had never driven, by using a popular F1 computer game.
Similarly, some upmarket car showrooms have ordered copies of Sony PlayStation\'s new Gran Turismo 3 racing game to give to those customers who are interested in any of the 150 models that it features. Tests have shown that drivers can develop the skills necessary to drive such sports cars by playing the game in the safety of their own homes.
A recent study by the Home Office indicated that those who regularly played computer games when young were more likely to go to university and get a better-than-average job. They also tended to be more intelligent.
Mark Griffiths, a psychologist at Nottingham Trent University and an expert in computer gaming, found recently in a study of 800 children that those who played games "moderately"- no more than two hours a day-tended to do more sport than those who played no games. They had more friends, were better adjusted and tended to read more.
"Depending on the types of games played and the age of the children, computer games can be a positive experience," said Griffiths.
Not all research shows the benefits of information technology for teenagers. A separate study by Griffiths showed that many children using their computers to excess developed severe personality problems. One 16-year-old boy spent 70 hours a week at his computer and had no friends except those he met on the internet. He once abstained for three days and showed withdrawal symptoms.
Source (http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/07/22/stinwenws03005.html)
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yay!!!! now i have a reason!!!!!!
thanks, i never knew it..
the goverment makes some weird studies alot i guess.
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the goverment makes some weird studies alot i guess
Yeah!! Thats what they do with our taxes:)
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Intelligent has two L\'s. Heh.
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Videogames help you live longer too!
If this thread is true, then gamers must live longer lives too!
IQ and Longevity
A study in the British Medical Journal shows a link between IQ and longevity. 2200 children were tracked from childhood to the age of 76. A 15-point disadvantage in IQ meant the child was only 79% as likely to be alive at 76. A 30-point disadvantage reduced the odds to 63%.
Read the study: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/322/7290/819
Cool Beans!
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Intelligent has two L\'s.
:laughing: That\'s funny.
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Originally posted by dextrome
Intelligent has two L\'s. Heh.
They must make this study again, I knew Intelligent has 2 L\'s but because of my lack of concentration I miss it:D
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Interesting. I have to show this to my parents :D
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Originally posted by dextrome
Intelligent has two L\'s. Heh.
LOL!!!:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: