Ever read the article about video games cause a decrease in brain activity. To me this is quite alarming because I am a very avid Gamer. What are your thoughts?
BTW, I read this article in the September 14 issue of the newspaper The Philippine Star.
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paano? anong eksplaination?
Taken from Philippine Star Sept. 14 issue
Video Games Decrease brain Activity, Says Tokyo Researcher.
A warning to video game arcade regulars and computer geeks: prolonged playing of video games could cause you to lose concentration, get angry easily, and have trouble associating with others, a Japanese newspaper reported.
The Mainichi Shimbum said a survey conducted by Japanese Prof. Akio Mori of Nihon University's College of Humanities and Sciences found that the longer people played video games, the less activity they showed in the prefrontal region of their brains, which governs emotion and creativity.
The research also showed that brain activity in people who continually played games did not recover from the periods when they weren't transfixed before their computers
Mori analyzed the brain waves of 20 people aged between 6 and 29, separating the beta waves that indicate liveliness and degree of tension in the prefrontal region of the brain, and alpha waves, which often appear when the brain is resting.
He divided the brain activity of participants into four categories - naming the activity normal, visual, half-video game, and video game.
The beta waves in the brains of those in the normal category who rarely played video games, were always stronger than the alpha waves, and little change is shown when they started playing a game
Those in half-video game category, who spent between one and three hours each day playing games for three to four days a week, had roughly equal a;pha and beta wave activity before they started playing a game. But beta waves rapidly decreased, falling below the level of the alpha waves once they started playing.
Beta wave activity in people in the video game group, who spent between two to seven hours each day playing games, was constantly near zero even when they weren't playing, showing that they hardly used their prefrontal regions of their brains.
Many peoplein this group told researchers that they got angry easily, couldn't concentrate, and had trouble associating with others.
"I want people to be aware of the quality of games and the time young people spend playing them during their earlier years when sentiment develops," Mori said of the results, which will be released this autumn in the U.S.
Mori said the research showed that only nerve circuits of sight and motion moved when young people played video games, causing a drop in the thought process.
- It's quite long but please find the time to read it, I think it's important to all of us concerned.
Video Games Decrease brain Activity, Says Tokyo Researcher.
A warning to video game arcade regulars and computer geeks: prolonged playing of video games could cause you to lose concentration, get angry easily, and have trouble associating with others, a Japanese newspaper reported.
The Mainichi Shimbum said a survey conducted by Japanese Prof. Akio Mori of Nihon University's College of Humanities and Sciences found that the longer people played video games, the less activity they showed in the prefrontal region of their brains, which governs emotion and creativity.
The research also showed that brain activity in people who continually played games did not recover from the periods when they weren't transfixed before their computers
Mori analyzed the brain waves of 20 people aged between 6 and 29, separating the beta waves that indicate liveliness and degree of tension in the prefrontal region of the brain, and alpha waves, which often appear when the brain is resting.
He divided the brain activity of participants into four categories - naming the activity normal, visual, half-video game, and video game.
The beta waves in the brains of those in the normal category who rarely played video games, were always stronger than the alpha waves, and little change is shown when they started playing a game
Those in half-video game category, who spent between one and three hours each day playing games for three to four days a week, had roughly equal a;pha and beta wave activity before they started playing a game. But beta waves rapidly decreased, falling below the level of the alpha waves once they started playing.
Beta wave activity in people in the video game group, who spent between two to seven hours each day playing games, was constantly near zero even when they weren't playing, showing that they hardly used their prefrontal regions of their brains.
Many peoplein this group told researchers that they got angry easily, couldn't concentrate, and had trouble associating with others.
"I want people to be aware of the quality of games and the time young people spend playing them during their earlier years when sentiment develops," Mori said of the results, which will be released this autumn in the U.S.
Mori said the research showed that only nerve circuits of sight and motion moved when young people played video games, causing a drop in the thought process.
- It's quite long but please find the time to read it, I think it's important to all of us concerned.
Nako! Kung totoo yan, anong ginagawa ko sa UP?! 
Magiging gasoline boy na lang ako, huhuhu...
Magiging gasoline boy na lang ako, huhuhu...
so thats why im such an antisocial idiot..
..what was i just thinking?
walrus? giraffe? babooon?
..what was i just thinking?
walrus? giraffe? babooon?
hmmmmmmm..
tancha ko depende sa game yan e..
kung yung tipong game na nilalaro mo yung "jump, slash, run" na type.. malamang nga mamamatay utak mo don.. yung mga tipong The Bouncer o Fighting Force ba..
tancha ko depende sa game yan e..
kung yung tipong game na nilalaro mo yung "jump, slash, run" na type.. malamang nga mamamatay utak mo don.. yung mga tipong The Bouncer o Fighting Force ba..
Ang games, outlet yan for anger ng karamihan. Kakaiba yung sabihin nilang masmadalas magalit yung mga madalas maglaro kasi dapat nga ubos na yung galit nila sa kakalaro eh.
And yep, tama rin sabi ni Skeptic. Depende rin yan sa game, pero hindi lahat ng jump, slash, run, rinse, repeat games masama. Reflexes din at hand-eye coordination yan.
I'm speculating na distracted yung mga madalas maglaro ng games kasi kumpara sa isang laro, ang boring naman talaga ng totoong buhay eh. Can't blame them. I bet ganyang din yung mga taong adik sa sine, libro at TV eh.
And yep, tama rin sabi ni Skeptic. Depende rin yan sa game, pero hindi lahat ng jump, slash, run, rinse, repeat games masama. Reflexes din at hand-eye coordination yan.
I'm speculating na distracted yung mga madalas maglaro ng games kasi kumpara sa isang laro, ang boring naman talaga ng totoong buhay eh. Can't blame them. I bet ganyang din yung mga taong adik sa sine, libro at TV eh.
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