Saturday, April 10, 2010

Vitamin G: Video Games and You

This link is from another science classroom's blog by one of the students. PLAY THE GAME FIRST BEFORE READING WHAT THEY WROTE!!

http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/2010/03/09/vitamin-g-video-games-and-you/

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3 comments:

Brandon Fong said...

The theory that video games improve your reaction time is interesting. I didn't have any change in reaction times before and after the game. Maybe it was because I eventually committed suicide after it went on for a while.

April 10, 2010 at 2:18 PM
Danielle said...

I answered the question 2.1 seconds faster after the game. I don't think it's actually that accurate, because the first question was the 1 division question that I always get wrong :P. The other one was super easy, a lot easier than the first one. I think that if you give two different questions, there is no way of knowing whether the study is accurate or not. What if someone has there seven times tables memorized, but only has five of there eight times tables memorized? Or they just learned there 6 times tables, and they have to think longer about it? Or they have a rhyme for the 9 times tables, but not for the 3 times tables? (I know I've been saying time tables. I meant division tables... or whatever it's called.) And you can't compare people's results, because some people are naturally faster, or better than others. (And I think video games are a waste of time)

April 10, 2010 at 3:13 PM
Brandon B said...

This subject of study has been done many many times before. At every science fair at Mirman there is a study about video games. This article didn't have much analysis though, except for the MRI scans (and even in that they didn't state how many people they tested. The paper pretty much only talked abut computer games, not games on the Wii, PS3, X-box, and other game consoles (the things that kids get the most addicted to). But now I want to get SPORE.

April 14, 2010 at 10:45 AM

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