PSYC1004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Shooter Game, Orbitofrontal Cortex, Grey Matter
26 Oct 2018
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Video games increases in cognitive function after playing video games. Your brain becomes better in areas of attention and may help kids who suffer from dyslexia read better. Video gamers are 50% better at distinguishing (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) (cid:272)olour (cid:272)o(cid:374)trast this ge(cid:374)erally degrades first as (cid:449)e age. A(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e ga(cid:373)ers (cid:272)a(cid:374) tra(cid:272)k more objects at one time eg 6-7 compared to non gamers 3-4. The effect of video games on the brain: Video gaming causes a person to exercise their cognitive control which includes reactive and proactive inhibition, task switching and working memory. These cognitive control aspects are also generally used in order to engage in goal directed behaviour. People can also decreases in volume of the orbitofrontal cortex if they are addicted to video gaming. These people show decreased performance in cognitive control tasks. Video games are also addictive due to their effect on eth reward system.
