3.2.3 Your view on video games
Next, you will think about your own views on video games.
Activity 3.2
Think about the following questions:
- In your experience is there a link between video game playing and negative behaviours, such as violence, aggression and social isolation?
- Being more of an optimist, what do you feel are the benefits of playing video games?
Make notes about your thoughts.
If you would like to explore more detailed accounts of the academic debate about such a ‘rewiring the brain’ topic, then we would recommend two names to use in online searches. Professor Susan Greenfield, a professor of psychology and pharmacology at Oxford University, is a pessimist while Neil Levy, Head of Neuroethics at The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, is more of an optimist.