Hello everybody, are you fine? In this 4th English class we will read this text an answer
Activity 1 – Video Games
You know all those people that told you that video games are bad for you? They were
wrong. Read the text quickly and underline the words you alreadyknow.
Video Games are good for you!
For years, video games have been criticized for making people more antisocial,
overweight, or depressed. But now researchers are finding that games can actually change us
for the better and improve both our body and mind.
Games can help to develop physical skills. Preschool children who played interactive
games, such as the ones available on Wii, have been shown to have improved motor skills –
for example, they can kick, catch, and throw a ball better than children who don’t play video
games. A study of surgeons who do microsurgery in Boston found that those who played video
games were 27 percent faster and made 37 percent fewer errors than those who didn’t. Vision
is also improved, particularly telling the difference between shades of grey. This is useful for
driving at night, piloting a plane, or reading X-rays.
Games also benefit a variety of brain functions, including decision-making. People who play
action-based games make decisions 25 percent faster than others and are no less accurate,
according to one study. In another study by researchers from the University of Rochester in New
York, experienced gamers were shown to be able to pay attention to more than six things at once
without getting confused, compared with the four that most people can normally keep in mind.
Additionally, video games can also reduce gender differences. Scientists have found that women
who play games are better able to mentally manipulate 3D objects.
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There is also evidence that gaming can help with psychological problems. At the University
of Auckland, in New Zealand, researchers asked 94 young people diagnosed with depression
to play a 3D fantasy game called SPARX and, in many cases, the game reduced symptoms of
depression more than conventional treatment. Another research team at Oxford University found
that playing Tetris shortly after exposure to something very upsetting – in the experiment, a film
of traumatic scenes of injury and death was used – can actually prevent people from having
disturbing flashbacks.
The effects are not always so positive, however. Indiana University researchers carried out
brain scans on young men and found evidence that violent games can alter brain function after as
little as a week of play, affecting regions in the brain associated with emotional control and causing
more aggressive behavior in the player. However, Daphne Bavelier, one of the most experienced
researchers in the field, says that the violent action games that often worry parents the most may
actually have the strongest beneficial effect on the brain. In the future, we may see many treatments
for physical and neurological problems that incorporate the playing of videogames
1)) Responda em Inglês ou português
a)Segundo o texto quais as vantagens de jogar video game?
b) Quais as críticas que por muitos anos ele sofreu?
c) Em que tipo de tratamento ele pode ser útil?
d) Você gosta e jogar video game ? Por que?
2) Fill in the gaps with the correct word from the box
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1. Playing video game improves the speed at which people can make ____________
2. Video gamers also demonstrate an improved ability to pay__________ to several
things at once.
3. Preschool children who played video games showed to have improved motor_____________.
4. Playing video games also has a beneficial effect on vision, increasing players’ ability to tell
the _____________between varying_______________ of grey.
5. Researchers from Indiana University investigated the effects of violent video games by
doing some brain______________ on video gamers.
7. Their research showed that violent video games affect emotional control and may cause
more aggressive _________________.
8. DaphneBavelieris one of the most experienced researchers in her____________
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