How gaming is good for your health?

Here we have a video where a psychiatrist, Dr. Tracey Marks, says 4 mental benefits of videogames. Let's talk about it!

Firstly, we are told that playing videogames, especially shooters, improves cognitive functions such as attention, spatial skills, visual processing and mental rotation abilities. This is mostly due to the necessity to make quick decissions. Videogames also make people more creative.

Secondly, Dr. Tracey Marks says videogames improve the resilience, as persistance, for example, is usually rewarded by bonuses or other kind of things. They teach that work harder and harder always have a reward.

Thirdly, we are said that videogames help process aggression, as they can be relaxing and a kind of therapy for people who is stressed or have bad moments during their routine. Related to this, Dr. Tracey Marks also mentions a study which affirms there's no link between violent videogames and violence of user in real life.

Finally, the psychiatrist says that videogames help you to be more social. This is thanks to the multiplayer functions, both local and online. This also makes you more cooperative.

Did you like this video? Of course, it is really interesting. Now, you can explain all this things to that person who criticizes you for playing videogames.