Video Games Affect Your Pulse Rate
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 A Person B Person C Person D
Resting
80 72 68 88
Cool Boarders 3 88 68 80 92
Crash Bandicoot 2 96 84 76
100
Final Fantasy VII 84 72 72 88
Gran Turismo 96 88 88
100
Trial 2
Person A Person B Person C Person D
Resting 76
68 76 84
Cool Boarders 3 84 84 76 104
Crash Bandicoot 2 84 88 76
104
Final Fantasy VII 80 72 76 84
Gran Turismo 88 100 88
88
Trial 3
Person A Person B Person C Person D
Resting 72
72 72 88
Cool Boarders 3 88 80 80 100
Crash Bandicoot 2 88 88 76
96
Final Fantasy VII 76 76 80 88
Gran Turismo 84 80 80
92
Average Pulse Rates
Person A Person B Person C Person
D
Resting 76 70.6 72 86.6
Cool Boarders 3 86.6 77.3 78.6
98.6
Crash Bandicoot 2 89.3 86.6 76 100
Final Fantasy VII 80 73.3
76 86.6
Gran Turismo 89.3 89.3 85.3 93.3
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.