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Jane McGonigal: Gaming over 21 hours weekly negatively impacts mental health
“21 hours a week is, like, the tipping point where we do start to see it can get in the way of physical health or mental health.”
Jane McGonigal: Kids retain study material better by gaming before studying
“If you want kids to retain what they study better, you should have them play video games first, and then do their homework, and then study before they go to sleep, because if you study first, and then as your reward, you get to play games, When you go to sleep…”
McGonigal: 21 Hours Weekly Is the Threshold Where Gaming Harms Health
“By the way, 21 hours a week is like the tipping point where we do start to see it can get in the way of physical health or mental health.”
Jane McGonigal: US President Has Legal Power to Shut Down Internet and Mobile Service
“Our president has the power, according to the war War Powers Act. He can shut down internet, can shut down TV and radio, can shut down mobile service.”
McGonigal: Playing Tetris before bed suppresses traumatic flashbacks and nightmares
“Playing a game right before bed will essentially hijack the attention center, and especially the visual centers if it's a game that's very visual. I mean, Tetris is like the golden game in clinical trials when they study this effect. It's like Tetris is The be…”
McGonigal: Taking three steps disrupts the brain's inflammation process
“Stand up and take three steps. And no matter how you're feeling because that gets the blood flowing and it automatically disrupts the inflammation process.”
McGonigal: Violent crime declined while video game playtime skyrocketed
“Video games, the number of people and the hours that we've spent playing them has skyrocketed, and yet violent crime has gone down almost on the same curve, and so it's just, it's like completely ludicrous, and nobody actually believes it increases violence.”
McGonigal: My 2008 and 2010 Games Forecast the 2019 Respiratory Pandemic
“Two of my biggest games, one in 2008, and one in 2010, forecast big respiratory pandemics that started in China for the year 2019 and 2020”
McGonigal: Co-op gaming with the same people increases everyday social support
“We know that people who spend a lot of time playing the same game with the same people report getting more social support in their everyday lives.”
McGonigal: Concussions functionally impair future imagination and dopamine activation
“So there's actually a functional loss in your ability to imagine the future. And then when you do imagine the future, even if you're thinking about things that normally you get, would get you excited, your brain is basically refusing to fire up The pathways th…”
McGonigal: Playing games consistently with the same people increases perceived social support
“We know that people who spend a lot of time playing the same game with the same people report getting more social support in their everyday lives.”