Types of video games that may influence children and teenagers throughout today's society include physical abuse, verbal abuse, pharmaceutical, intoxicating beverages , and others. Video games have had a major impact on children and teenagers today, as Marc Palaus, first author on the review, recently published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. "Games have sometimes been praised or demonized, often without real data backing up those claims. Moreover, gaming is a popular activity, so everyone seems to have strong opinions on the topic.” With this being said, children and teenagers may experience multiple behaviors due to the time span of video gaming. Parts of the brain may experience dramatic medical changes due to different types of occuringoccurring events throughout the type of video game the child may be playing.