A new report shows that playing against a computer in video games prompts the human brain to pay more attention and work than playing against another human being. This study appeared in the journal Evening Standard English, as it was implemented by a number of researchers at the University of Florida with the help of some volunteers.
The researchers followed the volunteers while they played against other players for a period of time, as they equipped them with equipment to monitor their brain activity during the study, to discover that the brain cells work in sync as a sign of relief and not stress.
But when the subjects were tested and made to play against the computer, that synchronization decreased significantly, as if the brain had become stressed and hyper-attentive.
Imagine 100,000 fans cheering at the same time in the stadium, it’s like brain cells synchronizing, indicating relief and not stress. And if these fans are busy with distracting side chatter, they are busy too, but out of sync with each other.
Professor Daniel Ferris is one of the researchers, according to the Evening Standard
The report also added that the researchers noticed that the brain works in excess, as if there is an overload on it, when playing against the computer, in contrast to playing against other players. It seems that being defeated by another human isn’t quite as hard as being defeated by a computer!
Honestly, the study makes sense, how often do you feel more pressured when you feel like you’re about to lose when playing against the computer? Whether in online shooter games or in sports games, such as FIFA or WWE 2K, if you lose to another player, after all, he is a human like you who can think, not a bunch of programmed code!
