Children Become Smarter by Playing Video Game
Video games play a very vital role in every once life at the same time we can improve our brain knowledge also. Especially it attracts to children to play again and again. Researchers Penny Sweetser, Daniel Johnson and Peta Wyeth, from Queensland University of Technology’s Games Research and Interaction Design (GRID) Lab, investigated the amount of time children spent watching TV and DVDs compared to video game and computer use.
While watching television was a “passive” experience, video and computer games were interactive and boosted children’s self-esteem, cognitive skills such as problem-solving and, in some cases, physical activity levels, Johnson said.
“Video games are a mainstream pastime. More than 92 per cent of Australian homes have at least one device for playing video games,” he said.
Sweetser said computer use and video game play should not be classed as the same type of activity as watching TV, the Australian Journal for Early Childhood reported.
She said screen-time recommendations, which are based on the sum of all screen-related activities, should be divided into two categories, active and passive screen time.
