Gaming Good for Children, Study Says

Apparently

Story at IT Pro Portal

I am not going to be a hypocrite. I am a gamer. But, in all honesty, I do not believe the findings of this study. I hear about the new generation of zombie children (just a metaphor, before you reach for the shotgun) who have played videogames from a young age, maybe 2-3 years old onwards. They tend to be characterised by their lack of verbal communication ability, and 'hyperactive' or aggressive nature. (And then our lovely social workers give them ritalin to 'calm them down', but that's another story.)

So am I skeptical of the 'finding' that videogames are good for children? Yes. Is that skepticism heightened by the long history of declarations that something is 'good', only for evidence to emerge the original claim was bull? Yes Yes Yes.

Look at, for just one example, the infamous American news report on two studies which found mercury to be beneficial to children (ahem)



For more information on mercury toxicity, try diagnosismercury.org

So these conflict-of-interest studies that 'prove' something to be safe, are not to be trusted.