APA. Video Games Play May Provide Learning, Health, Social Benefits, Review Finds. 2013, www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/11/video-games.

in this article, the author who isn’t listed talks about how playing video games, including rough shooter games, may help children’s learning, wellbeing and social aptitudes, It also speaks about how there’s been studies that have been conducted to show the negative effects of gaming but there hasn’t been much highlights on the positives. The positives being that playing video games can actually strengthen a wide variety of cognitive skills and other things to do with memory, perception, and reasoning. Also, these skills can be applied in academic work swell and can help enhance the thinking in science, engineering, technology and mathematics.

I agree with this article I like how it doesn’t just hate on gaming and sees it from a different light, I feel like there should be more articles like this that get exposure and parents see it and understand that gaming is way more beneficial than they think. APA  states,” The more adolescents reported playing strategic video games, such as role-playing games, the more they improved in problem solving and school grades the following year.” Depending on the type of game being played there could be many positive effects to the children who play these games. Strategic games help with problem solving in school work and can positivity effect the student and can boost his or her grades. Another example is “Simple games that are easy to access and can be played quickly, such as “Angry Birds,” can improve players’ moods, promote relaxation and ward off anxiety.” Gaming has been proven to positivity effect the users mood and help with depression, anxiety, and provide relaxation from the stressful life that the user has and can be easy and quick to access. Wouldn’t you want your son or daughter to be  at ease and not have anxiety or stress on them?

quotes that stuck out to me- “While one widely held view maintains playing video games is intellectually lazy, such play actually may strengthen a range of cognitive skills such as spatial navigation, reasoning, memory and perception,”

“A 2013 meta-analysis found that playing shooter video games improved a player’s capacity to think about objects in three dimensions, just as well as academic courses to enhance these same skills, according to the study. “This has critical implications for education and career development, as previous research has established the power of spatial skills for achievement in science, technology, engineering and mathematics,” Granic said. This enhanced thinking was not found with playing other types of video games, such as puzzles or role-playing games.”

“The more adolescents reported playing strategic video games, such as role-playing games, the more they improved in problem solving and school grades the following year”