20140412, Article, Taichung

[Jasmine0316]

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Time：第 264例會，2014年4月12日（週六）下午2:30~5:30點
Place：
viewtopic.php?t=15

Agenda
14:30~15:30 Session One
15:30~15:50 Speech Session
15:50~16:00 Change Group and then Break Time
16:00~17:15 Session Two
17:15~17:30 Happy Time

Host: Jim
Assistant Host:

Topic:
This is what Candy Crush Saga does to your brain

Source:
http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/apr/01/candy-crush-saga-app-brain

Please Note:
Venue:台中市南屯區大業路182號 Mos Burger
Thanks a lot for your attention.

Questions:
1. Have you played candy crush before? How much do you agree or disagree with the author?

2. Do you enjoy playing video games? If yes, which type of video game is your favorite? Why? If no, how do you think about video games or people who enjoy video games?

3. What do you normally do when you get stuck in a certain stage/level of a game?

4. What is the most memorable moment in your video game history?

5. In which way do you think video game can be beneficial or harmful to us?

6. What do you do if your kids are addicted to video games?


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[Jasmine0316]

Dear Taichung Happiers,

Our first-time host Jim is neither Santa, nor the dentist inventing trick-or-treat, yet his topic will make us lost for words due to its sweetness and colorfulness. This topic will make our hearts beating with anticipation. Guess what magic it possesses?

Public speaker and philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti (12 May 1895 – 17 February 1986) claimed “You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life." Now, in the 21st Century, the sweet voice just comes from our instinct: how about adding another “must”—playing video games? Ladies and gentlemen, please say thanks to our host Jim for this fantastic topic: This is what Candy Crush Saga does to your brain.

What makes video game a must? In the brain scientist Daphne Bavelier’s presentation, she explores how video games have influential effects on many different aspects of our behavior. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FktsFcooIG8 Showing the brain image to illustrate her points about the impact of video games on the brain, she states the effects are on the brain networks that control attention: Parietal Lobe directs our attention; Frontal Lobe manages the way we sustain attention; Anterior Cingulate controls how we are located in the regulated attention and resolve conflict. The research proves these three brain networks are much more capable of producing desired results in people playing action games.

David Williamson Shaffer is a professor of Educational Psychology, and his research interest lies in the relationship between new technologies and how people think and learn. Dr. Shaffer analyzed how computer games help children learn: “Hard fun is, of course, the idea that we take pleasure in accomplishing something difficult: the joy in meeting and mastering a challenge. As a result, when someone is doing something that is hard fun, moment by moment it looks more like ‘work’ than ‘fun’, but the net effect is pleasurable overall." Definitely, children are not the only population charmed by video games. What makes more people squeezing their hands with excitement is video game can also play the role of an anti-aging agent. http://healthland.time.com/2013/05/03/video-games-are-not-just-childs-play-gaming-could-slow-mental-decay/

Video game is the magic tree house for everyone learning to fly. Video games can empower people by a sense of confidence; besides, different video games have different effects on our brains. Our host Jim also invites our opinions about how to leverage the effects of video games. Let the Candy transport us to the wonderland. Come having Candy Crush to complete our musts. We’ll see the flames in the belly and the resolution in our eyes.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, what is the sweetest of them all?





Best Wishes,
Jasmine

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