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Can video games cause pain ... and affect the brain?(vibrating controls and other problems)(Brief Article)

Weekly Reader, Edition 3 (including Science Spin)

| May 03, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Weekly Reader Corp. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Do you like to play video games? Some kids like to play video games with controls that shake. Doctors in Great Britain are worried about those kids.

The doctors said that playing with shaking controls too much can cause children to have arm and hand pain. The doctors said the shaking controls can cause as much harm as a jackhammer or a chain saw can cause. Scientists in Japan are also worried that video games can harm kids. Those scientists worry that kids who play video games too much will not develop a certain part of their brains. That part of the brain controls memory and behavior. It is called the frontal lobe.

The frontal lobe gets stronger when kids do …

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