Playing video games, including violent games, may boost children’s learning,health, and social skills, according to a review of research in American Psychologist.The study comes out as debate continues among psychologists and other healthprofessionals regarding the effects of violent media on youth.
         While one view maintains that playing video games is intellectually lazy, such playactually may strengthen a range of cognitive skills such as spatial navigation, reasoning,memory, and perception, according to several studies reviewed in the article.
         Playing video games may also help children develop problem-solving skills. Themore adolescents reported playing strategic video games, the more they improved inproblem-solving and school grades the following year. Children’s creativity was alsoenhanced by playing any kind of video games, including violent games, but not whenthe children used other forms of technology, such as a computer or cell phone, otherresearch revealed.
        The authors also highlighted the possibility that video games are effective tools forlearning resilience in the face of failure. By learning to cope with ongoing failures ingames, the authors suggest that children build emotional resilience they can rely uponin their everyday lives.
Another stereotype the research challenges is the socially isolated gamer. More than 70percent of gamers play with a friend. Multiplayer games become virtual socialcommunities, where decisions need to be made quickly about whom to trust or rejectand how to lead a group, the authors said. People who play video games that encouragecooperation, even if games are violent, are more likely to be helpful to others whilegaming than those who play the same games competitively, a recent study found.
【題組】44. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the benefits of playing video games?
(A) Developing problem-solving skills.
(B) Improving memory.
(C) Promoting relaxation.
(D) Enhancing teamwork skills.