Mexico City.- Playing video games not only allows you to reach new levels, defeat powerful enemies and solve puzzles.
Studying action video games facilitates the development of better cognitive templates, for example, reveals that action titles increase learning abilities.
According to research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), those who typically enjoy these types of games more quickly develop the ability to create mental models to solve tasks or assignments.
This quality translates into better performance, according to the University of Rochester in the United States on its website.
The University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom indicates that video games also meet the five requirements for effective learning, as they possess:
+ Attractive and solid narrative (context).
+ Meaningful interactions (authenticity).
+ Emotional commitment (motivation).
+ Freedom to fail (make mistakes).
+ Opportunities for independent decision making (autonomy).
On the other hand, Texas A&M University, also in the United States, reports that video games are able to improve learning in certain areas of knowledge, such as STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, providing opportunities for experiential learning And absorb complex knowledge.
“The periodic table of elements is challenging for many students, however, high school students playing the popular video game Pokémon can easily learn a complex 3D matrix containing 27,624 values,” he explains.
“The essence of the game is to learn how to combine 17 different types of attacks when fighting other Pokémon. Each Pokémon has one or two types of attacks that it can use. Players do not learn the different possible combinations by studying a large table with 27,624 possibilities, but by playing.”
