According to new findings, owning a video-game system may hamper academic development in some children. Boys who received a video-game system immediately had importantly lower reading and writing scores after four months than boys receiving a video-game system at the end of the experiment. Further analysis revealed that the time spent playing video games may link the relationship between owning a video-game system and reading and writing scores.... [read the full article]
torsdag 11 mars 2010
Game on? Video-game ownership may interfere with young boys' academic functioning
According to new findings, owning a video-game system may hamper academic development in some children. Boys who received a video-game system immediately had importantly lower reading and writing scores after four months than boys receiving a video-game system at the end of the experiment. Further analysis revealed that the time spent playing video games may link the relationship between owning a video-game system and reading and writing scores.... [read the full article]
