5. The positives. • They are therapeutic for chronic illnesses. Researches at Utah University studied children with diseases such as Autism, Depression, and Parkinson's Disease. Studies showed video games emotionally enlightened them and gave them a ‘fighting spirit’. The ability to activate positive emotions via neuronal mechanisms. This helped kids be happier and improved their quality of life as they faced the daily challenge of their illness. • Video games can drastically improve eyesight. Experiments like Dr. Daphen Maurer’s have proved that games such as Halo and Call of Duty can improve peoples’ eyesight. Because these games require such a large amount of attention and need fast reflexes, these sort of games improve ones ability to see objects far away and that are fast moving. Basically, this means people can view the world more sharply. “They can also produce higher levels of dopamine and adrenaline that potentially that potentially may make the brain more plastic.” (Quoted by theweek.com from Dr. Daphen Maurer). • As most video games require the player to make fast and important decisions throughout gameplay. These decisions can mean the difference between virtual life and death. Cognitive neuroscientists at the University of Rochester, New York, discovered that games that need these sorts of decisions act as a sort of simulator for real life to making important decisions quickly and effectively. Because gamers become extremely immersed in their programs, making these choices is excellent practice for the real world because the games give them decisions that sometimes match real life, thus making react in the way they would as if playing a game. • Plus many more such as memory, ability to follow instructions, accuracy, problem solving and logic skills, and hand-eye coordination and spacial skills.