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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·February 19, 2021·6 min read

          Boys Who Play Video Games Have Lower Depression Risk

          Eleven-year-old boys who play video games often are less likely to develop symptoms of depression three years later than their peers who don't.
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          ·December 15, 2020·6 min read

          Tapping Gamers to Learn How People Problem-Solve

          Hexxed, a new mobile game, is helping researchers find out how humans use strategies to solve problems, and how that differs from AI problem-solving abilities.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·December 4, 2020·5 min read

          Using a Video Game to Understand the Origin of Emotions

          Using fMRI neuroimaging to evaluate the emotional state of people playing video games, researchers found different emotional components recruit several neural networks in parallel distribution throughout the brain. The transient synchronization between the different emotional components translates to different emotional states.
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          FeaturedPsychology
          ·November 20, 2020·3 min read

          Time Spent Playing Video Games Can Be Good for Your Well Being

          Those who play video games are more likely to report experiencing positive emotions and better overall well-being.
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          ·September 22, 2020·4 min read

          Playing Video Games as a Child Can Improve Working Memory Years Later

          People who were avid gamers during childhood performed better at working memory tasks, even if they no longer played than their non-gaming peers.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·May 13, 2020·4 min read

          Is video game addiction real?

          A six-year-long study reveals 90% of gamers do not play in a way that is harmful or causes long-term negative outcomes. 10% of gamers develop an addiction to video gaming. Those with video gaming addiction display higher levels of depression, aggression, anxiety, and cell phone addiction than their peers who play games but are not addicted.A six-year-long study reveals 90% of gamers do not play in a way that is harmful or causes long-term negative outcomes. 10% of gamers develop an addiction to video gaming. Those with video gaming addiction display higher levels of depression, aggression, anxiety, and cell phone addiction than their peers who play games but are not addicted.
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          ·April 10, 2020·5 min read

          Video games improve the visual attention of expert players

          If you're playing video games to help kill time during social distancing, you might be improving your visual attention abilities. Researchers found experienced gamers have faster information processing abilities and can allocate more cognitive power to individual visual stimuli. Playing video games can cause long-term changes in the brain and lead to improvements in temporal visual selective attention.
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          This shows a person playing Tenacity of an ipad
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          ·December 27, 2019·3 min read

          Mindfulness video game changes areas of the brain associated with attention

          Tenacity, a newly developed video game that promotes mindfulness, alters connectivity between the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the inferior parietal cortex. These areas of the brain are critical for attention. After playing the game for a short period, participants reported improvements in attention.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·November 6, 2019·2 min read

          Study questions video games’ effects on violent behavior

          A new study backs previous findings that there is not enough evidence to support the view that violent video games lead to acts of violence.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·October 22, 2019·4 min read

          Escapism: A powerful predictor of internet gaming disorder among video gamers

          Escapism appears to be a common predictor of problematic gaming in both professional and recreational gamers.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·October 18, 2019·3 min read

          Nothing clinically “wrong” with obsessive gamers

          Study reveals there is little evidence that obsessive gaming by adolescents requires medical intervention.
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          AutismFeaturedNeuroscience
          ·October 1, 2019·3 min read

          Full-body interaction video games enhance social skills in children with autism disorders

          A new video game fosters more social initiation that free play for those with ASD. The game also is effective at reducing repetitive behaviors and helps improve gestural expression.
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