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 Video games sharpen, social media dumbs
 Teenagers who play video
 games are more likely to get
 better grades at school, a study told News Limited yesterday
 has found.
 average in science,&#34; study co-
 author Albert Posso from RMIT
 to understand some of the
 principles of chemistry; evern
 so, they really have to under-
 stand science,&#34; Mr Posso told
 the ABC. &#34;Some psychologists
 have argued that massive online
 player games can be beneficial
 to cognitive development:
 Teachers
 should consider
 incorporating
 &#34;When you play online
 However, the research also games you&#39;re solving puzzles
 to move to the next level and
 ed social media every day that involves using some of the
 were receiving grades 20 points general knowledge and skills in
 below the average in maths than maths, reading and science that
 you&#39;ve been taught during the
 tablished that students who
 popular video games
 into teaching so long
 as they are not violent
 Mr Posso said the link be
 tween excessive social media
 use and poor academic results
 could be attributed to &#34;oppor-
 tunity cost&#34; in terms of study
 time.
 ones
 ose who did not.
 The study, released by the day&#34; said Mr Posso. &#34;Teachers Albert Posso, study
 Royal Melbourne Institute of should consider incorporat co-author
 Technology (RMIT), says that
 students who play online games
 daily perform, especially well in
 maths, science and reading
 ing popular video games into
 teaching so long as they are not
 violent ones.&#34;
 Programme for International that online gamin
 analyse the online habits of lem-solving skills.
 then compared to academic re-
 sults. He said the data revealed
 g could help
 &#34;You&#39;re not really going to
 solve problems using (social
 media),&#34; Mr Posso said
 Mr Posso used data from the
 tudents who play online
 games almost every day score
 15 points above the average in
 maths and 17 points above the Australian 15-year-olds, which he &#34;Sometimes (players) have
 Student Assessment (Pisa) to
 young people to develop prob-
 The research was published
 in the International Journal of
 Communication. (Xinhua)
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