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Sometimes, scientific work can disprove intuitive rationalization that has been known to be many. However, a recent study found that video games do not actually have an impact on children\u2019s brains. Meaning, these don\u2019t do damage. In fact, the studies have also shown that some games that were designed to help children build healthy brain skills aren\u2019t effective either.<\/p>\n

Researchers from the University of Houston have studied this and they claimed that despite parents\u2019 widespread fear, even spending 4.5 hours on a console such as Playstation or Xbox will have zero impact on the brain functions of these children.<\/p>\n

The experts just said that the only downside to this is that time spent gaming could take away their from other more important responsibilities for school, but even that had very little impact on the brain skills when compared to their other peers.<\/p>\n

Professor Jie Zhang has been working on curriculum and instruction at the University of Houston\u2019s College of Education. He said that during the study, they saw that there was no connection between what video games were played, how long the children spent time on these, and how well they performed during cognitive tests.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur studies turned up no such links, regardless of how long the children played and what types of games they chose,\u201d Dr. Zhang explained. \u201cThe study results show parents probably don\u2019t have to worry so much about cognitive setbacks among video game-loving children, up to fifth grade.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cReasonable amounts of video gaming should be okay, which will be delightful news for the kids. Just keep an eye out for obsessive behavior. At least now we understand that finding balance in childhood development is the key, and there\u2019s no need for us to over-worry about video gaming.\u201d<\/p>\n

The study has been published in the Journal of Media Psychology and the researchers behind it looked into the gaming habits of 160 diverse urban public-school preteen students, 70 of them came from lower-income households.<\/p>\n

It was only during this study that someone looked into this age group and studied the impact of video games on brain functioning.<\/p>\n

The students who participated in the study reported playing video games for an average of 2.5 hours per day, with the longest playing time of 4.5 hours.<\/p>\n

Researchers looked for a connection between gaming and how the kids performed on standardized Cognitive Ability Test 7 (CogAT), which is very much like the Canadian CCAT. Both these tests evaluate verbal, quantitative, and non-verbal or spatial skills of the test-taker.<\/p>\n

Neither play duration nor the choice of video game affected the scores, while a slight deficit was found among children who played games instead of doing homework.<\/p>\n

However, it also must be noted that screen time and video gaming are not equal in their ambivalent impact on cognitive ability. Over 9,000 boys and girls in the USA were part in the study GNN reported on last year.<\/a><\/p>\n

The study that was mentioned above found that children who spent an above-average time playing video games had an intelligence of more than the average. On the other hand, TV watching or social media had neither a positive nor a negative effect on them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t examine the effects of screen behavior on physical activity, sleep, well-being or school performance, so we can\u2019t say anything about that,\u201d<\/strong><\/em> said Torkel Klingberg. He is a professor of cognitive neuroscience at the Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute. He was not the one who conducted the study.<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut our results support the claim that screen time generally doesn\u2019t impair children\u2019s cognitive abilities, and that playing video games can actually help boost intelligence. This is consistent with several experimental studies of video-game playing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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