Expert video gamers show lower levels of generalized anxiety and significantly better attention when compared to non-experts… and they’re just more chill.
This 2022 study looked at the impact of action video gaming behavior on attention, anxiety, and sleep among university students.
If you’re so inclined, click the link to read all the results of this well-designed and executed study, but if you’re short on time, I’ll get to the point: Participants (university students with a mean age of 21 years) who played a lot of video games did not have increased anxiety, had better attention spans, and exhibited faster reactions times. They also slept really well.
Everyone in the study showed low levels of anxiety; I believe we can chalk that up as a sign of the times or just being a 21 year old university student, but some key myths were busted.
Video Games Make Players Anxious – Nope
Video Games Make Players Tired – Nope Again
Video Games Negatively Impact Attention Spans – Absolutely Not!
Here, again, we see action video games having an incredibly positive impact to the players, a consistent result seen in many studies. So play on, stay calm, and expect ninja-like reflexes.
Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8765604/
