There is no doubt that video games have been a huge change in the way we use our free time, are protagonists of encounters between friends, moments of solitude and constitute a market that moves billions of dollars. at some point and we usually relate them to relaxation situations that we don’t want to think about too much. But what if our favorite video game benefited our brains, is there a relationship between intelligence and video games?
Next, we’ll look at the changes we’ve made to the way we view the world through video games and see how not everyone has the same cognitive effect.
- This term derives from English play.
- And refers to the use of games of different types (digital or analog.
- New or old) so that.
- Applied to a specific exercise.
- They influence the development of an activity.
- To refer to the game in the classroom.
- Always with the aim of improving the learning and cognitive development of students.
We can gamify almost any activity. To do this, we can use simple, dynamic and analog games, however, it is becoming easier to access the contents of the Internet in the classroom, in this way video games are present, they can be an activity or an add-on that students perform at home. That’s why many parents express their complaints; Games of this type are not yet accepted as a source of knowledge.
There are several reasons why we consider video games and cognitive development to be linked. Since 2005, Shaffer’s studio Squire, Halverson and Gee has established a relationship between learning and video games. This is not the first time that games and intelligence have been linked: it is common knowledge that chess (which is even a sport) affects logical reasoning in a very positive way.
This is what happens with games like League of Legends or Battlefield 3: both contribute positively to different areas of the brain and ultimately promote cognitive development. In the first part, like chess, to excel, the player must develop a good strategy. In the second game, perfect hand-eye coordination is essential, as speed offers a multitude of advantages.
This could be a valid division when it comes to talking about cognitive benefits, video games require a variety of physical or mental skills that we can have, for example, depending on the type of intelligence we develop, a player with good spatial intelligence will excel in strategy games, whereas if ours is a linguistic-verbal intelligence, no one will beat us in words with Friends.
The next question will probably be, “Does this mean any video game can make me smarter?”The answer is no. We must look for these games that increase our ability to process information and our problem-solving skills.
Another important aspect to consider is the minimum recommended age to play a particular video game, non-compliance with this age limit can affect potential benefits, letting children play violent games can affect their social perception, making them indifferent to those around them. it is true that this does not happen in all cases, because the presence of other variables, such as an aggressive personality, personality disorder or conflicting education, is necessary for disinterest to develop in the real world.
This is not to say that violent games are not enough to stimulate our intelligence, since several studies confirm this hypothesis, however, it is necessary to understand that this happens in the adult population, it is important that we are in cognitive adulthood to distinguish perfectly between reality and fiction.
In short, video games are essentially positive and even necessary, this does not mean that there is no analog equivalent (any ball sport improves coordination in the same way as a video game like Battlefield), however, we cannot ignore the benefits of these new sources of knowledge.