Scientific evidence suggests that video games are beneficial to your health (video games are sports,after all). Several research (which we’ll discuss in a moment) back up the conclusions. After years of hearing things like “don’t sit too near to the TV, you’ll harm your eyes,” or “stop wasting your time playing video games—get outside!”
it’s difficult to accept such a fact. However, legitimate research from trustworthy sources has revealed that much of what makes video games enjoyable is also beneficial to your health—both mentally and physically. They make the brain work.
To begin, recent studies conducted by a number of reputable research and scientific organisations have demonstrated that playing video games can help the disabled and mentally sick improve their quality of life.
Scientists chose two groups of individuals to study how video games affect the brain. For two months, the first group would play Super Mario 64 for 30 minutes each day. The second group has never played a video game before. Before and after the two-month period, scientists employed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to determine the size of the brains of the participants.
The prefrontal cortex governs decision-making, social conduct, personality, and cognitive planning. It’s only natural that playing Super Mario 64, a game that needs players to plan ahead and consider how to use and interact with objects in a virtual world, would alter this part of the brain.
