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positive connotations
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Stephanie Johnson on 09 Apr 13positive connotations toward personal computer platforms may be a product of marketing, as asserted in the MIT study.
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As with other expressions of mass culture, there appears to be an established historical trend that minimizes its scientific importance
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One of the foremost objectives of much research was the study of the ìeffectsî of video games (aggressive behavior, addiction, isolation, school performance and the like), based on previous assumptions and research on television. But after two decades, research results on video games are somewhat confusing.
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is no scientific evidence to support this claim.
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rnicious influence on
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Lastly, a certain number of authors refer to the need to include the video game phenomenon in the literature disseminated by the media.
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Hence, they point out how essential it is to act in school setting: either to counteract the effects of mass media, both cognitive and social; or to seriously affirm the inclusion of the critical study of these media and their procedures into school curricula.
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From all the aforementioned references, it can be deduced that, for learning, video games are of unquestionable importance,
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stimulating motivation,
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very useful in acquiring practical skills,
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ncreasing perception and stimulation
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developing skills in problem-solving, strategy assessment, media and tools organization and obtaining intelligent answers.
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esearch has yet to prove that video games are intellectually harmful
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on the contrary, many studies defend their great importance in the development of intellectual abilities
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ncourages the growth of spatial and logical skills, such as visualizing objects and relating them in space, organizing several factors with an end in mind (thinking strategically), and so on.
