RESEARCHDOESN’T BACK UP OUR Values
However, it’s crucial to harbor a healthy dose of skepticism in relation to these seemingly natural values. Just as in game, one may assess positions honestly and understand also “obvious” moves and captures.
Amazingly, there are only a handful of thorough and well-designed study studies on the effects of games on children. And they suggest no consequence when it came to focus, concentrate or imagination.
The research at Monash University, led by Associate Professor Lee Wang Sheng, one of my previous Raffles Institution game teammates and one of the best people in Asia at his time, focused on primary school students in Bangladesh in 2016. The kids who learned learned to assess threats more effectively and were less risk-averse than those who did not.
There is no conclusive evidence that reading or studying game improves one’s scientific skills, despite the findings of the Monash University research and another major trial conducted on over 4, 000 children in England.
Chess, along with other games like solitaire and weiqi, are associated with better mental health in adults, lowering the risk of dementia and halting cognitive decline. The majority of the research studies published today are smaller and do not attempt to establish a causal relation.