The Cons Of Playing Video Games

             Nowadays, there are many type of video games sale in the market. Is playing video games good for us? In my opinion, playing the video games is not only bad for our body health and also brain development for young generation. Besides that, the rate of juvenile violent crime keeps on increase influence by the violent video games. Some children get into bad habits with their homework because they become preoccupied with video games.

            The availability of video games has led to an epidemic of youth violence. Researchers find that people serving time for violent crimes typically consume fewer medium before committing their crimes than the average person in the general population. Children practice over and over the actions available in a game. Whatever a person practices repeatedly becomes an automatic response. Violent games teach children how to behave like a criminal and to intentionally hurt others.

Neuroscientific studies show reduced cognitive brain functions in individuals exposed to violent media. The greater the experience with violent media, the lowers was the activation of brain areas for thinking, learning, reasoning and emotional control. This may cause some of negative effects on children’s brain development. For example, spending many hours playing games some children will not develop their frontal lobes, which play a crucial role in controlling behaviour and in developing memory, emotion and learning.

            Video games can be addictive because they give immediate rewards for learning. Teenagers with their adolescent brains are easily become addictions as their brains are under development till the middle 20s. Recent brain research is suggesting that any addictive behaviour can harm the final stages of brain development in young adults, leaving them with a less than mature decision making system and diminished empathy for others. These are just a few of the potential side effects of violent videogame play.

            In the conclusion, as what I mentioned earlier playing video games are not good for us. We can prove from the research which done by the professional. Sometimes, playing video games can help to release tension and fill up our free times. But once addicted on the games, it brings a lot of negative effect to the players. Lastly, parents should pay attention on what games their children are playing and also prevent them from addiction on the video games.

Written by

Yi Xian

Methodist Boys' School