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Gallagher, Rachel R, Rachel In this article, researchers delved deeper into the

I personally believe in this

R. Gallagher, and Rachel R. study of middle school students and their use of

article because when I was

Gallagher. "Collaboration,

video games. Studies showed that students used

younger, I played a bunch

Engagement & Fun: How

video games as a part of their learning environment.

of multiplayer games. These

Youth Preferences in Video

A study showed that students that played video

multiplayer games involved

Gaming Can Inform 21st

games involving teamwork preferred to work in

a lot of teamwork and it

Century Education."

groups. This was because the video games taught

ultimately taught me that

Techtrends. 55.6 (2011):

them the skill of collaboration.

working alone is not always

49-54. Print.

the best option. After

playing these types of
games, I was much more
collaborative in groups and
preferred group work over

doing work alone.

Sabel, Bernhard A, R.L

The authors in this article explain how video games

Action games usually

Achtman, C.S Green, and D help with enhancing visual skills. These visual skills

involve a lot of motion

Bavelier. "Video Games As

consisted of reaction time and coordination.

within the game. Whether it

a Tool to Train Visual

Scientists dealing with these studies described video

be driving a car over a ramp

Skills." Restorative

games as a tool. They used video games to see

or shooting a pistol at a

Neurology and

what impact it would have on adult brains and they

shooting range, the game

Neuroscience. 26.4 (2008):

saw that it sharpened their coordination after playing

will somehow sharpen your

435-446. Print.

action games. The gaming mechanics in most action

visual skills. Before I

games allowed players to have their reaction time

started playing action

and coordination to enhance.

games, I did not have a

quick reaction time. After
years of experience with
action games, I see now that
my reaction time has
improved. Ultimately, I am
saying that the research
done in this article is
something that I can agree

upon.

"Video Games Build Visual

In this news article, the author examines how video

The news article was short

Skills." District

games contribute to an enhancement of visual skills.

but sweet. The details

Administration 39.8 (2003):

The author talks about how first-person shooter

within the article provided a

12. Education Research

video games acquire visual attention skills.

lot of insight between

Complete. Web. 14 Oct.

2015.

It also gives a statistic on how experienced

gaming and real world

players can take in more visual clues that happen

applications. The fact that

around them than those that are do not play video

the article provided

games. The statistic stated, Experienced players are

statistics was a bonus.

30 percent to 50 percent better than non-players at

taking in actions or visual clues that happen around
them. This statistic was given by Daphne Bavelier,
an associate professor of cognitive neuroscience at

the University of Rochester. People that are

experienced with games can easily identify objects
and other visual activities.

Strobach, T, P.A Frensch,

This article explains that video game experience

The article gave me a lot of

and T Schubert. "Video

helps increase multi-tasking skills. Action video

information on how playing

Game Practice Optimizes

games help players practice their control skills and

action games can help a

Executive Control Skills in

they are able to operate on two different tasks.

persons ability to multi-

Dual-Task and Task

Switching Situations." Acta

Take for example, first-person shooters. In firstperson shooters, people are usually talking through

task. Sometimes I can

multi-task while playing a

Psychologica. 140.1 (2012): their mics and playing the game in order to get an

game. Take for example, the

13-24. Print.

objective done. There are also times where a person

game Runescape, where I

may be tasked to run and shoot the enemy. Playing

can basically do an

these types of games for a vast period of time can

objective in game and wait

help develop multi-tasking skills, which is what the

for it to be done and do

article explains.

homework at the same time.

Role playing video games
like Runescape normally
allow me to multi-task.
There are also multi-tasking
elements within that game.
Those multi-tasking skills in
Runescape have helped my
multi-tasking skills in real
life as well.

Sharma, D, A Shaban, A

The article explains how some video games helps

From reading the article, it

Riddell, V Kalsi, M Arya,

people under the structure of the human body. In this made sense to me how a

and P Grange. "Video-

article, it goes over how video games can help train

video game can help aid

games Station or Minimally

surgeons. Games like Surgeon Simulator is an

surgery. Video games

Invasive Skills Training

example that was used as it provided organ

allows a player to see what

Station?" Bju International.

transplant simulations. The game is a first person

is going on and it and help a

104.2 (2009): 159-60. Print.

game where your hands are the only moveable and

person when in action. One

visual thing on the human player. The human player

game that I have played that

must then complete an object, whether it be a kidney

taught me scientific ideas

transplant or unblocking a heart block. These types

was a game series called

of games as explained in the article, are helpful for

Operate Now where I was

people training in those types of fields.

given a task to do organ

transplants in game. This
taught me where organs
were placed and what tools
were associated with the

organ transplant.

Adachi, Paul J. C, and

This article explains that there is a relationship

This article was helpful

Teena Willoughby. "More

between strategic video games and real-world

because of the great

Than Just Fun and Games:

problem solving. The article gives statistics on how

statistics that it provided. I

the Longitudinal

playing strategic video games allows people to

personally can relate to this

Relationships between

develop puzzle solving skills. Over 60% of those that article because I think that

Strategic Video Games,

played video games said that it has helped them with

my problem solving skills

Self-Reported Problem

critical thinking. Critical thinking is a major skill

have improved from playing

Solving Skills, and

needed to solve puzzles. There is a strategy needed

video games. Video games

Academic Grades." Journal

in many games and the people that play these games

also have improve my

of Youth and Adolescence: a typically learn something from it. In this case, it was

memory, which allows me

Multidisciplinary Research

critical thinking because the game was more about

to solve puzzle quicker.

Publication. 42.7 (2013):

solving a puzzle.

1041-1052. Print.

Cherney, Isabelle. "Mom,

This article explains how 3D and 2D games help

I can relate to this article

Let Me Play More

develop mental rotation skills. Mental rotation is

because I play a lot of

Computer Games: They

practically being able to visualize all aspects of a 2D

games. Games like Mincraft

Improve My Mental

or 3D model without having to rotate it physically.

enable me to go from first-

Rotation Skills." Sex Roles.

When playing video games, a person playing that

person to third-person and

59 (2008): 11-12. Print.

game usually learns how to visualize things from

that has helped me learn

different perspectives. There are also games that

how to view things in

enable a person to change viewpoints in game, like

different perspectives.

going from first-person to third-person. These games

Minecraft also allows me to

help with mental rotation.

make figures and in my

head, I can visualize what

that would look like in 3D.

Oei, AC, and MD Patterson. In this article, researchers go over how people that

Playing video games in my

"Enhancing Perceptual and

have played action games have better visual

opinion definitely has

Attentional Skills Requires

perception. These skills include attention, hand-eye

helped enhanced my

Common Demands between coordination, and peripheral vision. People that have

attention and hand-eye

the Action Video Games

played video games also surveyed that it has

coordination. Playing

and Transfer Tasks."

increased their brains capacity. Playing these games

numerous video games

Frontiers in Psychology. 6

has allowed people to become more attentive to

throughout the years of my

(2015). Print.

action and motion.

life have led me to become

more aware of my
surroundings. It has also
allowed me to react to
things much quicker. If I

were to take the same

survey as they did in the
article, I would have voted
that video games have
taught me a skill as well.
Rogers, R, N.D Bowman,

Studies show that depending on the controller that

I have played with all types

and M.B Oliver. "It's Not

the person is playing with, determines the persons

of controllers. To me, it

the Model That Doesn't Fit,

performance and skill sets learned. There are motion

feels as if there are different

It's the Controller! the Role

controllers, push-button controllers, and traditional

motions that you have to get

of Cognitive Skills in

controllers. These designs allow a person to learn

used to when using a

Understanding the Links

either hand-eye coordination better or mental

different controller. I would

between Natural Mapping,

rotation ability.

say that when I use another

Performance, and

controller, that it develops

Enjoyment of Console

another skill that I need

Video Games." Computers

sharpening in. Take for

in Human Behavior. 49

instance, using a controller

(2015): 588-596. Print.

with no buttons and just a

joystick. It takes more
movement with your hand,
which teaches you mental
rotation skills.

Sue, D, P Ray, A Talaei-

People use video games as a way to improve their

When I play racing games, I

Khoei, J Jonnagaddala, and

driving skills. There are games that have nothing in it see where the article is

S Vichitvanichphong.

except for driving a car. These games are labeled as

"Assessing Video Games to

racing games. When playing racing games, it teaches obstacles being in the way

Improve Driving Skills: a

a person awareness of the track that theyre on. This

of the players view. When

Literature Review and

in turn allows that person to become more aware

Im faced with obstacles, I

Observational Study." Jmir

when driving in real life. Take for instance, when a

dodge them and find

talking about different

Serious Games. 2.2 (2014).

person is playing a racing game and there are

different routes that I can

Print.

random obstacles that come in the racers way. That

take to complete the match.

person becomes aware and dodges it. These games

When I dodge these

teach the person awareness skills, which in turn

obstacles, it definitely

improves driving.

makes me more alert. So in

relation to real life
situations, I see how it can
improve driving skills
because of the awareness
skills that they sharpen.