Selasa, 07 Desember 2010

Pengaruh bermain game

Keberadaan video game sejauh ini bagi sebagian besar orangtua terkesan lebih banyak berdampak negatif. Pasalnya, rata-rata mereka berkeyakinan video game merupakan faktor di balik persoalan kekerasan dan obesitas yang mendera anak-anak. Namun, studi terbaru justru menunjukkan bermain video game dapat meningkatkan ketajaman dan kecepatan berpikir.

Rolf Nelson, seorang profesor psikologi dari Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts menyebutkan, video game bisa mempertajam kemampuan dan kecepatan berpikir serta meningkatkan sisi kognitif (kepandaian) otak, terutama untuk game yang bersifat action dan puzzle.

"Bermain game yang membutuhkan tingkat perhatian dan fokus visual yang cepat dan gerakan motorik yang tepat bisa meningkatkan kecepatan dan akrasi dalam berpikir," jelas Nelson.

Penelitian itu melibatkan 20 siswa dan dilakukan dengan cara memberikan permainan video game selama sejam atau lebih.

Sebelum dan sesudah bermain video game, para partisipan diminta untuk melakukan tes kecerdasan untuk mengetahui efek bermain video game terhadap fungsi otak. Dan hasilnya memang terjadi peningkatan fungsi otak pada bagian-bagian tertentu.

Hasil yang sama juga tercatat pada riset Dapne Bavelier, peneliti asal University of Rochester, New York. Dalam riset itu, Dapne menyimpulkan, bermain video game akan meningkatkan kemampuan koordinasi antara tangan dan mata, meningkatkan kemampuan visual, meningkatkan kemampuan mental dan meningkatkan kemampuan bagian otak yang berhubungan dengan visual.

Sementara itu, peneliti asal Beckman Institute, University Illinois, Candramallika Basak menilai keberadaan video game di satu sisi butuh pengembangan dan melintasi keinginan untuk mengembangkan kemampuan berpikir anak guna menunjang pertumbuhannya.

Basak pun menyarankan kepada setiap orangtua untuk memilihkan permainan yang tepat bagi keperluan pengembangan kemampuan.

"Mungkin saja video game mendapatkan tempat guna menjadi medium pengembangan kemampuan anak, tapi tidak bisa menggantikan posisi latihan secara fisik dan interaksi sosial sebagai bagian dari pengembangan anak," ujarnya.

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