Thread 717171998

>Researchers have linked spending more time playing video games with a boost in intelligence in children, which goes some way to contradicting the narrative that gaming is bad for young minds.
>While the difference in cognitive abilities was a small one and isn't enough to show a causal relationship, it is enough to be notable – and the 2022 study was careful to factor in variables including differences in genetics and the child's socio-economic background.
>Meanwhile, watching TV and using social media didn't seem to have a positive or negative effect on intelligence. The research should prove useful in the debate over how much screen time is suitable for young minds.

https://archive.is/DC4Iz

so you're telling me 80% of modern day /v/ still has a chance?
great
now all they gotta do is start playing video games!

>>717171998 (OP)
Nintendo sponsored research

>>717171998 (OP)
thighs

It can't possibly be worse than infinite youtube shorts/tiktok slop

>>717171998 (OP)
Stupid research but i guess SOMEONE has to put on paper.

Its obvious that anything that forces a person to think will boost their intelligence; rpg calcs with math logic, precision games with spacial intel, puzzle games with logic training or pattern recognition, etc...

Anything that is passive like watching tv or youtube doesnt necessarily harms development, but by not actively helping you can say they are wasting potential productive time that could be replaced with something just as fun.

maybe back before games held your hand all the time, i kinda doubt modern games get kids critically thinking in the same way.

>>717173926
Depends on the age and the game.

If you are still not a teen, then a good portion of the zelda shrines is going to help stimulate your brain. But if you are above 12, then something like the autism zachtronics or making balatro builds will help more then "put the fire arrow to burn the leaves!" tier of puzzle.

The important part is that its hard enough that you are getting your ass kicked occasionally, as that means you are getting your mind challenged and have to rise to the task's level beat it.

No one is developing shit from Yoshi or Kirby though.

>>717174253
i'm thinking of these new games like mario wonder or dk bonanza or even gowr that have npcs constantly backseating you and telling you what to do as soon as you arrive at a puzzle.

>>717172165
>so you're telling me 80% of modern day /v/ still has a chance
Sadly actually no, /v/ avoids anything remotely mentally stimulating.

>>717172491
>Y-you don’t get it, being intelligent is actually a hinderance because I can’t relate to anyone a-nd I see the world for how it really is!
I’m sick of the faggots who say this shit.

>>717171998 (OP)
>IQ
>Study
Sorry, I don't read horoscopes.

>>717174452
Like i said, its probably alright if you are a young kid as there are still some basic puzzles on them like the gate one from bananza where you have excavate underneath it to progress, but yeah these new games become far worse at stimulating you if are above single digit age.

Like i said, balatro is a good game despite the gambling association which is silly, if you are an older kid or young teen it helps with math, chance calculation, economic training, problem solving, etc...And its plenty new, it came out what, last year?

>my kids are bold enough to venture onto youtube shorts
HET!
>My kids throw on a cooperative video game and problem solve together in order to progress, reading all the NPC dialogue and such hoping for hints
haha, yikes! oh no, boomer retards with illiterate adult children think i'm failing as a parent haha, dang

I started playing games when I was 3 and I'm fucking retarded tho

>>717171998 (OP)
Why am I retarded then?

>>717172165
no!! all boring

>>717175315
as long as you are racist you are far smarter than the average normalfag

>>717171998 (OP)
Using your brain to solve problems makes you smarter, people should already know this.

>>717175315
Then just imagine how retarded you'd be if you didn't start playing games that young.

This was confirmed in multiple studies long time ago

>>717171998 (OP)
raven's progressive matrices is basically an indie puzzle game

>>717171998 (OP)
>understanding abstract concepts
>following and interacting with storylines
>navigating and memorizing routes through 3D environments
>reading and comprehending dialogue and instructions
>general problem solving
Makes perfect sense to me, especially for young kids

>>717171998 (OP)
This has always been the case
The average normie who spends their alone time just browsing TikTok will always be retarded in the adult world compared to someone who plays games, but they’ll always get uppity and arrogant if you say you play games (while outperforming them at work or basic life skills)
Video game hate and elitism toward gamers is unironic giga cope because they can feel how intellectually inferior they are mid conversation

>onslaught of miniscule logical puzzles helps with passing tests focused around pattern recognition
say frickin whaaaaaaaat?

>>717171998 (OP)
We knew this a decade ago though didnt we?

no shit, pattern recognition and problem solving helps your brain no matter what the medium is

>>717171998 (OP)
>isn't enough to show a causal relationship
I see, so scientists discovered that nerds play games and jocks do not. That would be 1 billion dollars of grant money

>>717174880
Have some tap water

>>717171998 (OP)
Videogames may keep your brain active but does next to nothing for forming social connections or practicing marketable skills.
If videogames are your main interest then all they will do is cause you to develop autistic traits.

>>717171998 (OP)
>Study discovers
Just now?
This has always been a thing

>>717178726
If anything it's been accelerating since now gamer babies are competing against not just the normalfag kids but the ipad kids that have been letting their brains leak out their nose over tiktok and YT shorts

>>717171998 (OP)
>constant applied problem solving in a stress-free and playful environment makes kids better at applied problem-solving?
>say it ain't so
lol
lmao even

>>717171998 (OP)
Real video games, not gacha

>>717178551
Video games do form social connections, the tragedy is that most who play video games are fucking losers. Being into gaming is how many browns escape their third world shitholes, it gets you curious about programming at the very least.

>>717171998 (OP)
>spending time manipulating tools, environments, and solving puzzles/objectives increases your ability to mentally process things
no shit.
>watching tv doesnt do this
sounds about right.

but what the study doesnt show is that video game kids arent spending time understanding human interaction and behavior, but tv kids are.

>>717171998 (OP)
It increases IQ because it makes you more cerebral.
(This is a bad thing.)

>>717174464
t. They/them who though TLOU2 was deep

>>717179551
does that make movie games the ultimate iq boosting strategy

>>717171998 (OP)
But I played video games all the time as a kid and still grew up to be dumb as shit

>>717181209
no, because you're not really interacting with enough things, and the social aspects are too far apart and contrived.

>>717181234
The fact that you can acknowledge that you're not very smart already puts you above the median, self-reflection is a notoriously hard to develop skill.

>>717171998 (OP)
Honestly I'd encourage it
Little Timmy spending time waggling to Fortnite and Mario Kart means Little Timmy is not watching putrid algorithm shit made by Indians on YouTube

>videogames are bad for you goy!
>go watch reels and tiktoks on social media and government sponsored media on tv! its good for you!
>check author
not jewish
>check paper author
all jewish
lol
lmao even

>>717171998 (OP)
>fake fluff study
Wow, I heckin' love science. It's totally not because nerds are drawn to video games or anything. It's the video game forming the featureless husk that is a child into being smart.