Benefits of Playing Games

Research shows that the game does not require much physical movement can have bad effects for children when they grow up. However, on the other hand play games but also provides many benefits, such as to reduce stress, improve motor skills and improve your eye sight, and more.

There are seven health benefits of playing games, such as:

Chronic Illness Therapy for Children
The University of Utah examined the effects of video games on children diagnosed with chronic diseases such as autism, depression, and Parkinson's disease.  The children who play that particular game showed signs of improvement in the resilience and fighting spirit in the face of their disease than those who do not play games.

Improve motor skills Kids Preschool (3-5 years)
Researchers from Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, said it's OK to let kids ages four years playing video games in front of the television. Of the 53 toddlers who observed its development, it was found that those who play the "interactive game" will have the motor skills of the object better than those who do not.

Reduce Stress and Depression
2009's Annual Review of Telemedicine Cybertherapy and found that gamers who have mental health problems such as stress and depression, can vent their frustration by playing video games. This study provides a hypothesis that certain games will allow them to avoid a certain level of stress. Thus helping them to calm the mind.

Providing Pain Relief Effect
Video games not only reduce emotional pain, but also those who suffer from physical pain. One psychologist University of Washington to develop a game that can help hospital patients suffering from physical pain.

Improve Your Vision
You may often hear that are too old to sit in front of the TV is not good for the eyes. But there is a developmental psychologist Visual Development Lab of Ontario's McMaster University dr. Dephen Maurer of finding different results. He said people suffering from cataract can improve their vision by playing a shooting game like Medal of Honor and Call of Duty. Games that require the amount of attention, training, and high adrenaline.

Improve Your Decision Making Skills
Most video games require quick reactions in a split second to make decisions regarding life and death virtual character. The cognitive neuroscientists from the University of Rochester in New York found that games can provide a lot of games brain to infer information.

Giving Happiness in Old Age
Researchers from North Carolina State University examined the relationship between playing video games with the mental well-being. "Those who love to play video games have a higher level of happiness, while those not playing video games are actually negative emotions such as depression," said a researcher at PsychCentral Rick Nauert.