Thursday, July 2, 2009

Would You Believe this--Video Games that are Good For Kids!

Parents are more than concerned about the time their children spend before the television and video games. After all, studies have shown that violent video games affect the biological systems of boys, specifically the central physiological systems of the body that control heart rate and sleep mechanism. Children who play video games have also demonstrated a tendency to behave in a violent and aggressive manner in their actual lives.

Psychologists have long pondered the link between practicing aggression through simulated games and behaving aggressively in real life. Does the same mechanism work in non-violent games such as prosocial , conflict resolution or classroom games?

Read on!





http://youthdevelopment.suite101.com/article.cfm/video_games_that_are_good_for_children

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