Studies by Associate Professor Mitsuru Takeuchi and Professor Ryuta Kawashima of the Institute of Aging Medicine, Tohoku University have revealed that long-term video games can adversely affect the brains of developing children such as language intelligence.The research that elucidated how developmental gameplay affects language intelligence and neural mechanisms using brain image analysis etc. was epoch-making and was published in the electronic version of the American psychiatric magazine "Molecular Psychiatry". I did.
The results showed an association between long gameplay time and low language intelligence, which was even stronger in a follow-up study three years later.Moreover, in the brains of children who play games for a long time, developmental delays were seen in areas such as the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus, which are related to higher cognitive function, memory, and motivation.
The research team believes that long-term play of video games has suggested that it leads to unfavorable nervous system development and delays in language intelligence, and cautions against long-term gameplay during development.
