Cognitive Benefits of Playing Video Games

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Cognitive Benefits of Playing Video Games

Playing video games can be credited for many cognitive benefits that it has on users. One of the main cognitive benefits is that it enhances creativity. Video games are set in a way that users have a problem of trick that they need to solve for them to win. Persistently engaging in gaming help gamers to become creative, not only on the gaming sites but one in the real world. For example, students who engage in constructive video gaming are likely to be very good at creative activities in class. According to Granic et al. (2014), creativity is one of the main cognitive benefits any gamers can gain.

Secondly, one improves memory. Memory is a critical subset of cognitive benefits. Memory is improving through how gamers learn to navigate through different gaming platforms. Besides, gaming promotes once cognitive memory by recognizing patterns in different games and applying the...