Some people believed that long extents of video gaming has affected the brain but actually the amount of playing video games enabled the brain to grow. Not only the brain is able to grow and developed it also impacts the attention span and reaction time of the brain. With the following research provides a question : What is the effect of long hours of video games have on the overall performance of the brain ? if u see a kid playing video games do you even consider that it is providing some fundemental usage for the brain to function properly ? In the article," Video games speed up reaction time," Alan Blank-Rochester (2010) states that video games provide a potential regimen for speeding up reactions in many real life situations. he later gives examples of how faster reaction time helps in real life situations like being a surgeon or being in the middle of …show more content…
There is so many games to play like first person shooter or playing some games that simulate reality. Accoring to the article, " Video games speed up reaction time," Alan Blank-Rochester (2010) determines how video games like Call of Duty and Halo are more likely to increase reaction time of children because it simulates a realistic situation that allows the user to pretend they are fighting for their lives. These games make the child playing these games to think on a highlt sophisticated level to play the game, but having some game like The Sims make the child to think less. Alan Blank-Rochester also elaborates on this cliam that those that play more of Call of Duty were more successful in making quicker decisions than strategy gamers since thise that play first person shooter were 25% faster. This indicates on the belief that different types of games impacthow a child can develope attention span problems, as well as an increase in reaction