Psychologist Chris Ferguson from the University of Central Florida has found that playing video games at work gives employees a break to refresh their brains.
Playing video games reduces the stress level and helps the employees to get productive and motivated.
Ferguson said: “We know that people can get psychological needs met such as socialization, autonomy and competence while playing games. Needs they can’t always get met at work.
So short video game breaks can be helpful for people to feel recharged and give them a chance to have a bit of fun, so they can face less-fun tasks.”
In 2017, a study has been done by Michael Rupp at the University of Central Florida who found that just five minutes of playing video games helped reduce stress and improve mood.
So go show this to your boss now and get out your Gameboy’s.
