Question

ACTIVITY 2.
Video Games A) You know all those people that told you that video games are bad for you?
They were wrong. Read the text quickly and underline the words you alreadyknow. Video
Games are good for you! For years, video games have been criticized for making people more
antisocial, overweight, or depressed. But now researchers are finding that games can actually
change us for the better and improve both our body and mind. Games can help to develop
physical skills. Preschool children who played interactive games, such as the ones available on
Wii, have been shown to have improved motor skills – for example, they can kick, catch, and
throw a ball better than children who don’t play video games. A study of surgeons who do
microsurgery in Boston found that those who played video games were 27 percent faster and
made 37 percent fewer errors than those who didn’t. Vision is also improved, particularly
telling the difference between shades of grey. This is useful for driving at night, piloting a
plane, or reading X-rays. Games also benefit a variety of brain functions, including decision-
making. People who play action-based games make decisions 25 percent faster than others
and are no less accurate, according to one study. In another study by researchers from the
University of Rochester in New York, experienced gamers were shown to be able to pay
attention to more than six things at once without getting confused, compared with the four
that most people can normally keep in mind. Additionally, video games can also reduce gender
differences. Scientists have found that women who play games are better able to mentally
manipulate 3D objects. 80 shades skills scans behavior field attention decisions difference
LÍNGUA ESTRANGEIRA MODERNA – ENSINO MÉDIO There is also evidence that gaming can
help with psychological problems. At the University of Auckland, in New Zealand, researchers
asked 94 young people diagnosed with depression to play a 3D fantasy game called SPARX and,
in many cases, the game reduced symptoms of depression more than conventional treatment.
Another research team at Oxford University found that playing Tetris shortly after exposure to
something very upsetting – in the experiment, a film of traumatic scenes of injury and death
was used – can actually prevent people from having disturbing flashbacks. The effects are not
always so positive, however. Indiana University researchers carried out brain scans on young
men and found evidence that violent games can alter brain function after as little as a week of
play, affecting regions in the brain associated with emotional control and causing more
aggressive behavior in the player. However, Daphne Bavelier, one of the most experienced
researchers in the field, says that the violent action games that often worry parents the most
may actually have the strongest beneficial effect on the brain. In the future, we may see many
treatments for physical and neurological problems that incorporate the playing of videogames.

Advantages and Disadvantages

a)in pairs, write down the advantages and disadvantages that appear in the text:
Advantages; disadvantages;​

Answer 1

Resposta:

DISADVANTAGES: Vision problems; Harms the brain; Addictions

ADVANTAGES: Improves concentration; Treatment for depression; Faster thoughts.

Explicação:

Answer 2

Resposta:

é a letra B)

Explicação: eu puis a B e deu certo