Games have long
been accused of making players violent, but evidence has been building
over the years that they can have positive effects. Scientists say they
are not only understanding why, but they are also trying to put these
observations to the test.
Canadian doctors say they have found an inventive way to treat lazy eye - playing the Tetris video game.
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spreadsheet was seven feet long. Printed in nine-point font were the
names of the perpetrators of mass killings, the models of weapons each
had used, and the number of victims. The gruesome document was
discovered at the home of Adam Lanza, who on 14 December 2012 fatally
shot his mother, before killing 20 children and six teachers at the
Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, and turning his assault
rifle on himself.
It took only a few hours for the authorities to
link the massacre to Lanza’s playing of violent video games. "People
heading the investigation don't believe this was just a spreadsheet," a
police officer later told the New York Daily News. "They believe it was a
score sheet. This was the work of a video gamer, and it was his intent
to put his own name at the very top of that list."
Lanza's
shooting spree was just the latest of a long list of violent crimes that
have blamed on video games. Scientists have evidence that virtual
violence can trigger aggressive thoughts and anti-social behaviour, but
most reject the idea that gaming can turn otherwise balanced individuals
into killers.
A growing body of research is showing the flip
side, though – video games can help people see better, learn more
quickly, develop greater mental focus, become more spatially aware,
estimate more accurately, and multitask more effectively. READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/45098.html
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