ted assignment

by: Melinda Gaskins

TEDIdeas Worth Spreading

Public Speaking Course Project

Sunday, March 17, 13

Daphne Bavelier

Your Brain on Video Games


I am a brainscientist...

Daphne Bavelier studies how the brain adapts to

changes, either by natural changes or by training.


Daphne grabs the audience attention by showing a first person shooter video game. She then discusses how the

majority of video gamers are not children, but adults in

their early 30’s.


Society has been under the false impression that video games do nothing to further intelligence.

She easily held the audience’s attention by further dispelling false beliefs concerning video games and stating that players

tended to have better vision and attention spans.


The average person believes sitting at a video game for several hours a week can

damage the eye or can cause eye strain. Daphne states that she has proven after extensive lab testing, people who play

action packed video games in moderation have improved

vision and capable of seeing details to a much higher

degree.


Daphne spoke in detail about several lab results in a way that the average person young and old could

comprehend.

Results on how video games could help improve the brain plasticity,

learning, attention, vision, etc.

Daphne followed closest to the TED commandment that states to make

the complex plain.


I rate the dynamism of Daphne’s presentation as a 4 of out 5. She gives the outward impression that she truly believes what she is stating and has an aura of confidence when discussing her findings.

In her presentation, she clarifies false misconceptions concerning the mental benefits of video game playing.


The presentation was clear and stayed on subject. Daphne

tried to spread new ideas, and did very well in showing the

audience what she was saying. I would have to say she

followed Garr Reynolds and Nancy Duarte standards for her

presentation.


Daphne has an overall appearance of confidence

in herself without portraying arrogance. This tends to aid in a

speakers ability to maintain the attention of

their audience. If the speaker appears to be at

ease, the audience tends to feel at ease as well.


In comparing Daphne Bavelier talk to Sir Ken Robinson talks, both are discussing the ability to learn or develop from a standard tool or media used in society.


Sir Ken Robinson’s talks are based upon the educational system being out of date for modern times. Daphne Bavelier's talk was based on what we learn using the new technology. Video games and social media and the benefits that can come from moderate video game playing.


Robinson used a lot of humor in his presentation, where as Bavelier focused on giving factual lab results in ways the average person could comprehend.


To sum up Daphne Bavelier’s presentation, she believes that carefully controlled lab testing has proven that action packed video game played in

moderation can improve the brains reflex times, awareness to their surroundings, improve vision, and to identify change

very quickly.


As far as advice to others following the path of public

speech...

Get the audiences attention from the very start.

Show the audience you have confidence in yourself and

believe in what your saying.

If you cannot portray that, your audience never will

believe what your trying to tell them.


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