How Video Games Affect Heart Rate

How does playing video games affect your heart rate? If someone were to play a video game, then their heart rate would be higher than before they played the game. The independent variable was playing the video game, and the dependent variable was their heart rate after playing. Some control variables were the location, temperature, and game. The control group was the heart rate before playing the game, while the experimental group was the game. The important procedures were; Take participants heart rate. Have them play one 2-minute round of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Take participants heart rate again. The experiment was conducted according to plan. Sometimes, the heart rate was high before the game than after playing the game. Overall, the testing went well. The range of the …show more content…
The ones that don’t, the outliers, were most likely caused by extraneous variables. The people whose heart rate was higher before rather than after could have been caused by them doing some sort of physical activity earlier, like riding their bike or walking. This might have been prevented if the test was held a few minutes after they got to the testing site, instead of as soon as they got there. Another factor may have been the tool used to measured. The tool used to measure heart rates was an Apple Watch. The watch may not have taken the heart rate correctly, although on preliminary tests it did. These two influences may have been the most prominent extraneous variables that altered the data. Overall, the extraneous variables should have been considered for more accurate tests. Most of the data was correct, and was enough to make an actual conclusion to the experiment. All things considered, the experiment was a moderate success. The testing went pretty smoothly, and most everything, excluding the few outliers, went according to plan. If the experiment was conducted again, the extraneous variables would have surely been taken care