{"id":6000,"date":"2024-08-09T10:12:47","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T07:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greekgamingacademy.gr\/ti\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T13:55:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T10:55:46","slug":"skills-benefits-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/greekgamingacademy.gr\/en\/skills-benefits-perspectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Skills, Benefits &amp; Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6000\" class=\"elementor elementor-6000 elementor-5086\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-afb8cb8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"afb8cb8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fbf5380\" data-id=\"fbf5380\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a3221e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a3221e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><span style=\"color: #6c6c6c; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400;\">Traditional academic structures have now also begun to recognize the key role in the formation and development of skills through gaming such as:<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Perception <\/span><span style=\"color: #6c6c6c;\">&#8211; games improve <\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">cognitive function<\/span><span style=\"color: #6c6c6c;\"> &amp; reaction time<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Reflexes<\/span><span style=\"color: #6c6c6c;\"> &#8211; the <\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">speed of<\/span><span style=\"color: #6c6c6c;\"> game<\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">development<\/span><span style=\"color: #6c6c6c;\"> requires quick reaction<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Confidence<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Negotiation<\/span><br \/><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Time Management<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: bolder;\">Change Management<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Creativity<\/span><span style=\"color: #6c6c6c;\"> &#8211; the <\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">implementation of a plan<\/span><span style=\"color: #6c6c6c;\"> is key<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Resourcefulness<\/span><span style=\"color: #6c6c6c;\"> &#8211; high competition drives players to <\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">look for ways to stand out<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Contact<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Problem Solving<span style=\"color: #6c6c6c; font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; the complexity of games requires the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #800000;\">search for solutions<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Persistence in Goal Pursuit<\/span><span style=\"color: #6c6c6c;\"> &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">goal pursuit<\/span><span style=\"color: #6c6c6c;\"> is the motivation for player improvement<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Leadership<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Critical Thinking<\/span><span style=\"color: #6c6c6c;\"> &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">quick decision making<\/span><span style=\"color: #6c6c6c;\"> is a key ingredient for player progress<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Logic<\/strong><span style=\"color: #6c6c6c;\"> &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">logical thinking<\/span><span style=\"color: #6c6c6c;\"> is developed through games <\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Memory<\/strong><span style=\"color: #6c6c6c;\"> &#8211; the <\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">volume of information<\/span><span style=\"color: #6c6c6c;\"> develops the capacity of memory<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Teamwork<\/strong><span style=\"color: #6c6c6c;\"> &#8211; the structure of games requires <\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">cooperation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: bolder;\">Adaptability<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: bolder; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Emotional Balance<\/span><span style=\"color: #6c6c6c;\"> &#8211; achieving the goal requires <\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">proper management of successes &amp; failures<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">Spatial orientation<\/strong><span style=\"color: #6c6c6c;\"> &#8211; the new generation of games is set in a <\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\">360 degree environment<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The positive effect of videogames on the brain has been the subject of much attention in the field of neuroscience. Daphne Bavelier&#8217;s presentation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FktsFcooIG8\" rel=\"noopener\">here is<\/a> extremely detailed and interesting. She is a university professor and cognitive neuroscientist specializing in brain plasticity and learning.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Academic institutions abroad, in the US and South Korea, offer thousands of dollars in scholarships to successful gamers, and Esports &#8220;teams&#8221; and &#8220;leagues&#8221; at the college level are growing geometrically.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>Major global corporations,<br \/><\/b>* <b>Approach <\/b>gaming, both in the direction of attracting and selecting new recruits, and in developing executives at every level, through gaming training programs.<\/span><\/em><br \/><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">* <b>They accept <\/b>the benefits that a gamer can gain and how these can be a substantial multiplier of their efficiency.<\/span><\/em><br \/>*<em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <b>They are turning to <\/b>gaming either <a href=\"https:\/\/greekgamingacademy.gr\/en\/corporate-training\/\" rel=\"noopener\">as a candidate qualification or as an employee motivator<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Even the US Army has been using the successful game &#8220;America&#8217;s Army&#8221; since 2002 to generate interest in bringing new recruits into its ranks. Scholars describe it as the recruiting tool that has yielded the largest number of peacetime enlistments in the history of the military.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traditional academic structures have now also begun to recognize the key role in the formation and development of skills through gaming such as: Perception &#8211; games improve cognitive function &amp; reaction time Reflexes &#8211; the speed of gamedevelopment requires quick reaction Confidence Negotiation Time Management Change Management Creativity &#8211; the implementation of a plan is key Resourcefulness &#8211; high competition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6000","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.6 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Skills, Benefits &amp; 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