Games and dopamine - What's missing?

When playing games, our brain releases dopamine. Dopamine is connected to pleasure but also to addiction. According to David, L (2016) “in an educational setting where games are used for learning, the structure of the classroom might help prevent students from being too obssesed with a game.” Students have to know that they are playing and not gambling. The teacher is responsible for acting as a mediator.

9-year-old students played what’s missing? The group is divided into teams. A student takes out a flashcard from the board after asking the opponents to close their eyes. Then, he/she asks them to open their eyes and says: what’s missing? The winner is the team with more right guesses.

References 

David L (2016) "Dopamine, Games, and Motivation," in Learning Theories, February 2, 2016, https://www.learning-theories.com/dopamine-games-motivation.html.