| Video Games Experiment Essay, Research Paper
The purpose of this experiment is to find out if video games affect your pulse rate.
I predict that the more intense the game is, the higher the pulse rate will be. I believe this because in an intense game, you can get real nervous which would cause you to push the buttons very fast.
Sony Playstation
Sony Playstation Controller
Cool Boarders 3 game
Crash Bandicoot 2 game
Gran Turismo game
Final Fantasy VII game
stop watch
TV
1. Read resting pulse rate for one minute and record.
2. Repeat step 1 two more times and record. Also calculate the average pulse rate and record.
3. Insert a selected game and begin playing.
4. Play for 5 minutes.
5. Stop playing and read pulse rate for one minute. Record.
6. Repeat steps 4-5 for two more trials.
7. Calculate the average pulse rate and record.
8. Repeat steps 3-7 for other games.
9. Repeat steps 1-8 for additional people.
Trial 1
Person APerson BPerson CPerson в
Resting80726888
Cool Boarders 388688092
Crash Bandicoot 2968476100
Final Fantasy VII84727288
Gran Turismo968888100
Trial 2
Person APerson BPerson CPerson в
Resting76687684
Cool Boarders 3848476104
Crash Bandicoot 2848876104
Final Fantasy VII80727684
Gran Turismo881008888
Trial 3
Person APerson BPerson CPerson в
Resting72727288
Cool Boarders 3888080100
Crash Bandicoot 288887696
Final Fantasy VII76768088
Gran Turismo84808092
Average Pulse Rates
Person APerson BPerson CPerson в
Resting7670.67286.6
Cool Boarders 386.677.378.698.6
Crash Bandicoot 289.386.676100
Final Fantasy VII8073.37686.6
Gran Turismo89.389.385.393.3
I have discovered that my hypothesis was correct. Video games do indeed affect the body?s pulse rate. Crash Bandicoot 2 posted the highest pulse rates. This game is an action game. Final Fantasy VII posted the lowest pulse rates. This game is very slow. Another thing that I discovered was that people who regularly played video games had a bigger pulse increase. This experiment shows that video games can affect the human body.
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