Video game - Spiritual therapy cheap?

Not all games include only violence and entertainment, according to producers, video games also help to enhance mental and spiritual abilities in every player.

Previously successful due to Nintendo's Brain Age game, a group of game writers did not hesitate to 'invest' gray matter in very complex calculations, hoping to harness power and spectrum. Variables of video games serve the purpose of developing human mental capacity.

One of them is Dimple Entertainment, based in Tokyo. This is also the company expected in May to launch a unique DS Therapy game for Nintendo DS handhelds.

Besides, psychology professor Mark Baldwin of McGill University in Montreal, Canada is also raising hope, his new game MindHabits Booster will help players become more confident.

Game Dance Dance Revolution.

MindHabits Booster is developed by Professor Baldwin and his team based on a recent psycho-social study. Accordingly, the recurring elements in the game are used to help players form their own way of thinking and self-awareness.

The game aims to create the ability to cope with uneasy, stressful issues for players by forcing them to often repeat the smiley operation, indicating approval in a group of grimace faces. . This way will forge players to get used to the reality without being stressed.

Mr. Baldwin explains: ' All that is just turning attention from one thing to another, but it can make a significant difference (in terms of self-respect and stress reduction) .' Mr. Baldwin is expected to announce his game results later this year.

While the majority of current video game studies are still geared towards understanding the link between violent games and the violent behavior of players, there are still more and more research units that want to prove the notion. Positive edge of this game.

Research conducted by West Virginia University recently is an example. According to their investigation, the frequent game of Dance Dance Revolution has helped improve the health condition, changing the views and behaviors of children who play this game.

Or as researchers at the University of Rochester recently announced the discovery, children and adults need to play games because they want to fill the lack of basic psychological needs as a chance of success, the freedom and feeling of being connected with others.

For Mary Jane Zamora, 50 years old, there is no need for any scientific doctrine to prove it, because for her, a significant recovery in health by playing video games has been the most 'eloquent' evidence.

In the Redondo Beach, California area of ​​Zamora, she recovered with surprise after suffering from breast cancer, thanks to playing sports games such as golf, bowling and tennis on Nintendo's Wii, she regained her health as well. inherent nimble.

She said that it was games that gave the player a feeling of real-life movement that made her believe in creating a new life after 'years of living in fear'.

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