1. 3D games can increase brain memory capacity

In a 2015 study in The Journal of Neuroscience, researchers from the University of California conducted the trial on 69 people. They asked 1/3 of the people to play Super Mario 3D World within 2 weeks, 1/3 of them play Angry Birds, the rest play nothing.

“Because players will have a very intimate experience and the game's 3D simulation environment is rich in detail, games no matter how old will be able to be played for decades by both children and adults. , they will be able to become a meaningful simulation system for the human brain," the researchers concluded.

The results of the study showed that Mario players had better memory in memory tests, while the "Angry Birds group" and "nothing group" did not improve.

2. Playing video games can be a good pain reliever.

In a 2012 scientific report published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, out of 38 studies conducted, it was found that video games improved health status in all aspects. faces of 195 patients. Among those improvements, the most significant are both mentally and physically.

"The patient's focus is on the video game, not on the pain or on the healing process, which is thanks to the virtual reality experience that affects both vision and other senses," it said. is what researcher Jeffrey Gold from the University of Southern California says.

3. There is evidence that video games help children with dyslexia to read better

The 2013 study was published on the Cell website, which synthesizes many reputable scientific studies showing the effects of action games on children. Specifically, the game Rayman Raving Rabbids can help children aged 7 to 13 with dyslexia to read faster without losing words.

The results of video game therapy are equal to and better than traditional reading cures. Obviously reading is not as fun and time consuming as playing video games.

The researchers think that fast-paced gameplay  in action games Eggy Car helps children to concentrate better. This is just an experimenter's conjecture, it has not yet been confirmed by the scientific community.

4. Jigsaw Puzzles – Tetris can reduce psychological trauma

Last year, researchers randomly selected 37 patients who had been involved in a traffic accident and were being treated at an urgent care facility in Oxford, England, to play a game of Tetris for 20 minutes. In addition, 34 other patients were asked to record activities they did during the day, such as texting, reading stories, playing paper puzzles.

The results showed that those who were given the Puzzle were less likely to recall painful moments of the traffic accident than the others. The average number shows that they are 62% less likely to remember the images of the accident.

Last month, the study, published in the journal Nature, concluded that "such brief moments of intervention can improve the mental health of people who have experienced a traumatic accident."