Video games are shown to improve skills vital for productive and efficient working relationships.
This study was published in 2017 and it represents some of the great “independent†research work that was being done at the time to push back against a major uprising against video games in certain research communities. There are thousands of studies like these, done to combat misinformation, conducted to help paint a more accurate picture of how gaming impacts players.
Key traits including resourcefulness, adaptability and communication are vital for high functioning professionals in a dynamic working environment. Each of these skills was found to significantly improve by playing a combination of action and puzzle games in a group environment.
Specifically, researchers found that after two months of playing video games regularly, students’ scores on all three skills drastically improved. Resourcefulness scores increased for 81 percent of the gamers, with adaptability and communication skills increasing 75 and 69 percent, respectively.
Hulick, K. (2017, September 27). Video games level up life skills. Science News Explores. https://www.snexplores.org/article/video-games-level-life-skills
