Video games are good for kids' intelligence, suggests new study
15.05.2022 - 17:53
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A new study suggests that playing video games may benefit a child's intelligence.
Many parents do their best to keep their kids from playing video games all day every day. Children have always been encouraged to forgo screens in favour of playing outside.
As reported by the Conversation, Scientists investigated how video games affect the minds of children, by examining more than 5,000 children aged 10 to 12.
And some may find the results, which are published in scientific reports, quite surprising.
Children were asked how many hours a day they spent on social media, watching videos or TV, and playing video games. The answer was: a lot of hours.
On average, children spent two and a half hours a day watching online videos or TV programmes, half an hour socialising online, and one hour playing video games.
In total, that’s four hours a day for the average child and six hours for the top 25% – a large portion of a child’s free time.
And other reports found that this has increased dramatically over the decades. Screens were around in previous generations, but now they truly define childhood.
Children were asked to complete a series of tasks in order to create what is called an 'intelligence index', as intelligence is often measured through performance on a wide range of cognitive tests.
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