Latest News: How attitudes to games is transforming

Latest News: How attitudes to games is transforming

Ul0022-0597eLearningworld News from USRead_It_On_Applenews_Badge_Rgb_Us-Uk

Not long ago politicians, parents as well as some researchers spoke loudly about the negative effects of computer games. Now when scientific research from several fields shows the benefits the choir of negativism has been reduced to individual shouts with a decreasing audience. On the contrary, terms like serious games and gamification is trending. With the aim to use games and game-mechanisms to improve engagement, learning and skills development. Even shooter-games has proven to have positive effects to train the brain’s capacity in the form of specific cognitive functions, research by the psychologists Daphne Bavelier and C. Shawn Green shows. Source: Scientific American

Recommended stories:
19 Unbelievable Health Benefits of Playing Video Games

Are You a food and wellness entusiast? If yes, this community is for you!Create blog posts, discuss on the forum, create interactive books about food. It's free!

Opens in a new tab