Video Games cause mental problems

[Deleted User]

Video games cause cancer.
Research also causes cancer.
Reading news articles about the causes of psychological problems causes cancer too.

 

[_Chaz_]

screen viewing is associated with negative behaviors," lead researcher Dr. Angie Page of the University of Bristol told Reuters Health in an e-mail

 

[injected11]

And video games also improve hand-eye coordination, reaction time, and problem-solving skills. Damned if you do, damned if you don't, so I'll keep playing.

Is that really so vital? Why do people always say that? I've been playing video games for years and I don't think I'm becoming some hand-eye coordination master. You know what else improves hand-eye coordination - doing anything that involves coordinating your eyes and hands.

Nothing personal.

Ask someone who is ridiculously clumsy. Being clumsy will lead to things being broken, which often leads to anger. Chemicals released in the brain during anger literally lower intelligence for a short period. Anything that reduces the number of dumb, angry people breaking things is good in my book.

I learned all my typing skills from a video game after a typing course didn't seem to help much.

 

[craplame]

I see they want someone or something to blame. I doubt video games cause mental problems. My brother plays video games and he gets really angry. But when I play it, I'm not all angry. I think video games helps people to concentrate.

 

[referencer]

I'm glad I can always count on GBAtemp to deliver such insightful, thought-out and well-researched responses to these types of articles instead of spitting out a bunch of one-line dismissals that further support the theory that the only people who play games are petulant children.

 

[mysticwaterfall]

Typical scapegoating. In the really old days, they said reading books was a cause of mental problems. Then it was radio. Then TV. Now games. Soon phones.

 

[Thoob]

screen viewing is associated with negative behaviors," lead researcher Dr. Angie Page of the University of Bristol told Reuters Health in an e-mail

Oh, God. I didn't notice that!

 

[ThatDudeWithTheFood]

Typical scapegoating. In the really old days, they said reading books was a cause of mental problems. Then it was radio. Then TV. Now games. Soon phones.

That happened already.

 

[Deleted member 67270]

Been playing since 3 years old (21 now) and no mental problems here, though I do have short attention span sometimes.

 

[ProtoKun7]

Of course you didn't see it Thoob, your obviously troubled mind must have blocked it out.

 

[chrisrlink]

dude GTA IV releives my stress by killiing virtual people my bi polar is GENETIC not caused by some game

 

[Deleted member 67270]

That's really the only thing I like about GTA to be honest. It's a good stress reliever because you get to do things you can't do in real life without being convicted. There's nothing like using an inf health cheat and go around blowing things up to vent your anger, causing massive chaos around the city.

That being said, just don't play in competitions because it's just gonna make you get angrier if you get too competitive.

 

[chrisrlink]

true i never play on PSN cause of my other disabilities l have slow reaction time and stuff

 

[Zetta_x]

And video games also improve hand-eye coordination, reaction time, and problem-solving skills. Damned if you do, damned if you don't, so I'll keep playing.

Is that really so vital? Why do people always say that? I've been playing video games for years and I don't think I'm becoming some hand-eye coordination master. You know what else improves hand-eye coordination - doing anything that involves coordinating your eyes and hands.

Nothing personal.

Doesn't make you a master at hand eye coordination, it improves it. I too think that video games are one of the highest daily activities that increases hand eye coordination.

 

[PeregrinFig]

If videogames cause mental problems, then I should be a major sociopath...oh, wait.

Seriously though, this study isn't anything new, nor is it anything I believe. I actually feel like playing games like Zelda since I was a young kid have helped make me more intelligent.

 

[Depravo]

Mental problems cause video games.

Satoshi Tajiri has apparently been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. That would go a long way towards explaining the 'Gotta Catch 'em All' mentality of the Pokemon franchise.

 

[chrisrlink]

so was Albert Einstein and and he was a Geinus also dont be hating on my idol but due to my bipolar I lost my hope to one day work with Tajiri and began to be on the "dark side" of gaming

 

[gamefreak94]

If this is true, then i guess the meaning of the word is now flipped. My friends who play games(and me) are actually smarter than my other friends who are "cool"(as in party and drinking all day&Night)

 

[Deleted-247497]

when are these stupid assholes going to understand: CORRELATION IS NOT CAUSATION just because kids who play video games tend to be stupider/more fucked up doesn't mean the video games caused it, like those stupid fucking commercials saying kids who eat at the table make better grades: no shit because their parents are more strict.

i really hate these stupid statistics that dont prove anything and people actually believe them.

 

[Advi]

Have they even considered that people with mental problems simply tend to be more drawn to electronic stimulation?