According to research, what are some positive effects of use of video games for student development?

1. Certain video games can actually have a positive effect on vision, attention, spatial reasoning, and decision making (Denworth, 2013). 2. Video games can improve older players' short-term memory and long-term focus, according to finding increased activity in the prefrontal cortex (Anguera et al., 2013). However, experts are still cautious about the level of violence and inappropriate content that permeates most video games (Denworth, 2013, Gentile, 2011).