Online Games

Now a days this young generation plays many games  they are either online or offline.
they are created in such a way that they make user highly addictive to that game . This u can call a power of virtual games.

Basically Gaming is a one type of Brain-storming.partying our self from original world to virtual world.
Every game has Good and bad effects on the brain of children.
 I am writing some Positive and negative effects on  the brain of childrens

Positive Effects of games:

Games are looked down upon by parents as time-wasters.

 Worse, some education experts think that these games corrupt the brain.

Violent  games are readily blamed by the media and some experts as the reason why some youth become violent or commit extreme anti-social behavior. Such games are counter strike ,Gods of war,GTA. Many scientists and psychologists find that video games can actually have many benefits – the main one being making kids smart.Games may actually teach kids high-level thinking skills that they will need in the future by  playing games like chess and other strategy gmaes.

When your child play video games, it gives his brain a real workout.  In many video games, the skills required to win involve abstract and high level thinking.  These skills are not even taught at school.  Some of the mental skills trained by video games include:  

                o    Following instructions
                o    Problem solving and logic
                o    Hand-eye coordination, fine motor and spatial skills.

In shooting games, the character may be running and shooting at the same time. This requires the real-world player to keep track of the position of the character, where he/she is heading, their speed, where the gun is aiming, if the gunfire is hitting the enemy, and so on. All these factors need to be taken into account, and then the player must then coordinate the brain's interpretation and reaction with the movement in their hands and fingertips. This process requires a great deal of eye-hand coordination and visual-spatial ability to be successful

 Resource management and logistics: Mind teaches ourselves how to manage resources  when it is limited.examples of this type of games are travian ,Age of Empire ,Locomotion,Transport Giant etc.

 Multitasking, simultaneous tracking of many shifting variables and managing multiple objectives:

In strategy games, for instance, while developing a city, an unexpected surprise like an enemy might emerge.  This forces the player to be flexible and quickly change tactics.

 Quick thinking, making fast analysis and decisions: Sometimes the player does this almost every second of the game giving the brain a real workout. The study suggests that playing action video games primes the brain to make quick decisions. Video games can be used to train soldiers and surgeons, according to the study.

 Developing reading and math skills: using math skills is important to win in many games that involves quantitative analysis like managing resources.

   Estimating skills

 Pattern recognition

 Perseverance: In higher levels of a game, players usually fail the first time around, but they keep on trying until they succeed and move on to the next level this teaches mind not to give up in middle of something.

Mapping :Gamers use in-game maps or build maps on their heads to navigate around virtual worlds.This mapping skills also be used in real games.

Taking risks

Memory

 Reasoned judgments

 How to respond to challenges

 How to respond to frustrations

 How to explore and rethink goals

 Teamwork and cooperation when played with others : many games are played online and involve cooperation with other online players in order to win like counter strike and Age of empire ,travian.

Video games increase your kid’s self-confidence and self-esteem as he masters games.

Playing video games is safer than having your teens do drugs, alcohol and street racing in the real world.

Negative Effects of Games: 

Most of the bad effects of video games are blamed on the violence they contain.  Children who play more violent video games are more likely to have increased aggressive thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and decreased prosocial helping,

 Too much video game playing makes your kid socially isolated. 

Some video games teach kids the wrong values.  Violent behavior, vengeance and aggression are rewarded

Games can confuse reality and fantasy.

Academic achievement may be negatively related to over-all time spent playing video games. Studies have shown that the more time a kid spends playing video games, the poorer is his performance in school. 

When playing online, your kid can pick up bad language and behavior from other people, and may make your kid vulnerable to online dangers.