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This is Your Brain on Video Games | Machine-Brain Connections | DISCOVER Magazine
Gaming sharpens thinking, social skills, and perception.


Awww yeah... take THAT video game haters!

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The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin.

Lachean

I've always known that it was good practice in hand-eye coordination, strategy and game thoery, battlefield tactics, critical thinking and education.

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"Truth, in the matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived." - Oscar Wilde

new coup for you

...social skills?

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And why does your tone suggest that you do not care about children?

I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike.

Jerry

Yeah, in team games, you bet. Especially online games.

IMO DP itself is just another kind of online game.

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Content Advisory: My opinion is given for entertainment purposes only. Past performance does not guarantee future success. Your results may vary.

new coup for you

coordinating lanes of fire is not a social skill

Jerry

I never said it was.

There is a who hell of a lot more to online games then shooting things.

new coup for you

yeah, put your Counter-Strike ladder position on your resume and see how far you get

or try to use it in a pick up line

Jerry

Leadership skills don't belong on a resume?

No one was talking about putting the video game as a reference or qualification on your resume, but of learning real skills through the game.

I don't put my DP awards or post count on my resume but I can sure debate or negotiate someone face to face.

independent_thinker2002

What do you know about pick up lines?

"Hey, you wanna share this stall?"

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Jerry

When in-game, if you are participating in a major event, there are times where you may become frustrated, feel extreme urgency or confusion, and become exited to a level where your fine motor control diminishes and/or experience tunnel vision. This can cause you to loose track of where your courser is on your screen, forget the commands various buttons execute, etc.

One skill someone can learn by being placed in that experience is to control their level of exitement and discipline themselves mentally to remain calm.

Remember kids: slow is smooth, smooth is swift.

It's all in the head.

If a game uses Team Speak or Ventrilo, others will very much care how you speak to them and may or may not want to sell you an item or team up with you for an event.

In games that have an Auction House or other form of in-game economy, one can learn how to manipulate the goods like a commodities market. Various addons such as Auctioneer can assist with this.

When it comes to the regular hack-n-slash of the game, each person has a place in the team, a specific job to do, and working together as a team requires much more communication and interpersonal skill then simply left-click+spacebar to fire.