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It's not obvious to me that video games would be better than watching videos. That's different research question, and unless there's already research establishi
by whats_a_quasar 3y ago
It's not obvious to me that video games would be better than watching videos. That's different research question, and unless there's already research establishing a difference it seems reasonable to clump them all together.
In your examples you're also heavily involved in all his video gaming. I don't know that that's true of every kid playing games.
- d357r0y3r 3y agoPlaying games, including video games, often involves reading, imagination, creativity, problem solving, and other active tasks. Passive video consumption certainly involves less of all those things. Obviously, there is a lot of variance here, and Candy Crush or whatever 3 years are playing these days probably doesn't have as much benefit as some story driven game with important text dialogue and battle mechanics. But even playing Candy Crush is probably better than watching Candy Crush.
- parineum 3y agoI think you're underselling the strategy involved in a match 3 game. Anything that involves extrapolation of future states aren't of the board is pretty complex, at least mentally.